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COMMON  COUNCIL 


THE  CI11  OF  TRENTON, 

PASSED  SINCE  MAY  25,  1847; 


WITH  THE 

ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE 


RELATIVE  TO  SAID  CITY, 


PASSED  SINCE  1847. 


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CHARTER  OF  THE  CITY  OF  TRENTON. 


C :  A  further  supplement  to  the  act  entitled,  “An  act  to  in¬ 
corporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  the  seventh  day 
of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 

Approved  February  28,  1849. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the  common 
State  of  Neio  Jersey ,  That  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  to  borrow1 
Trenton  shall  not  have  power  to  borrow  any  sum  or  sums  of  mo-SJ^Sthor- 

iney  hereafter  on  the  credit  of  the  said  city,  unless  the  same  shall  ordl 
^j)e  authorized  by  an  ordinance  of  said  city  for  some  single  object 
'Oor  work>  to  be  distinctly  specified  therein;  which  ordinance  shall 
•^provide  the  ways  and  means,  exclusive  of  loans,  to  pay  the  interest 
coof  such  debt  or  liability  as  it  falls  due,  and  also  to  pay  and  discharge 
>the  principal  of  such  debt  or  liability  within  five  years  from  the 
time  of  the  contracting  thereof,  and  shall  be  irrepealable  until  such 
debt  or  liability,  and  the  interest  thereon,  are  fully  paid  and  dis¬ 
charged;  and  no  such  ordinance  shall  take  effect  until  it  shall,  at  an 
annual  election,  have  been  submitted  to  the  people  of  said  city,  and 
t  have  received  the  sanction  of  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  for 
jL  and  against  it  at  such  election  :  and  all  money  to  be  raised  by  the 
authority  of  such  ordinance  shall  he  applied  only  to  the  specific 
object  stated  therein,  and  the  payment  of  the  debt  thereby  created. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  no  ordinance  shall  be  finally  passed  Final  pa?*- 
by  the  common  council,  until  a  subsequent  meeting  to  that  at  which  nances?™1' 
it  may  be  introduced. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  so  much  of  the  twenty-fifth  section 


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Part  of  for¬ 
mer  act  re¬ 
pealed. 


of  the  act  to  which  this  is  a  supplement  as  is  contrary  to  this  act 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


Former  eup-  4.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  an  act  entitled,  “  A  further  supplement 

pldQCIlt  1*0"  «  *11  *  |  •  m  a  a 

pealed.  to  the  act  entitled,  an  act  to  incorporate  the  city  of  lrenton,  pass* 
ed  March  seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-four,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed. 


5.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


A  further  supplement  to  the  act  entitled,  “  An  act  to  in¬ 
corporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  the  seventh  day 
of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 

Approved  March  6,  1850. 

Assessment  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
to  bfmade^7  State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  in  all  cases  where  the  state  and  county 
taxes  to  be  collected  in  said  city,  in  any  year,  shall  be  directed  by 
the  common  council  to  be  assessed  and  collected  before  the  propor¬ 
tion  or  quota  of  the  said  taxes  to  be  levied  and  collected  in  the  said 
city  for  such  year  shall  be  adjusted  and  fixed  as  prescribed  by  law, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  assessors  of  the  said  city,  in  making  their 
assessments,  to  assess  the  amount  of  taxes  adjusted  and  fixed  as 
the  quota  of  the  said  city  for  the  last  preceding  year;  which  assess¬ 
ment,  so  made,  shall  be  as  valid  and  effectual  in  law  as  if  made  af¬ 
ter  the  proportion  or  quota  of  tax  to  be  levied  and  collected  in  the 
said  city  for  the  current  year  had  been  adjusted  and  fixed  as  pre¬ 
scribed  by  law;  and  in  case  of  any  deficiency  in  the  amount  of  taxes 
so  assessed,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  council  to  direct  the 
amount  of  such  deficiency  to  be  added  to  the  amount  required  to 
be  assessed  and  levied  for  the  next  or  other  subsequent  year;  pro* 
vided,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  relieve 
the  said  city  from  the  obligation  imposed,  or  to  be  imposed  by  law, 
to  pay  the  amount  of  state  and  county  taxes  required  to  be  levied 
and  collected  in  the  said  city  in  each  year;  and  'provided  also ,  that 
the  ward  collectors  of  said  city  shall  pay  over  to  the  collector  of 
the  county  of  Mercer  the  proportion  of  state  and  county  taxes  di¬ 
rected  to  be  assessed  and  levied  in  said  city  at  the  time  and  under  the 
penalty  or  penalties  that  are  or  may  be  specified  and  prescribed  by 
law  in  regard  to  the  collectors  of  the  several  townships  of  this  state. 
2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  assessors 


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of  said  city  to  include  the  state  and  county  taxes,  and  also  all  taxes  Compenea- 
assessed  for  city  purposes,  in  one  and  the  same  duplicate  or  as- sor  and  col* 
sessment;  and  the  assessors,  for  making  such  duplicate  or  assessment,  lLLtor‘ 
and  the  collectors,  for  performing  the  duties  required  of  them  by  law 
in  relation  thereto,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  such  compensation 
as  the  common  council  may  from  time  to  time  by  ordinance  direct. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  clerk  of  said  city  shall  be  elected  Repealed 

ii  i  i  .  i  andre-enact- 

annually  by  the  common  council.  ed. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  number  of  constables  to  be  elect-  constablee. 
ed  in  each  ward  of  said  city  shall  be  determined  from  time  to  time 

by  the  common  council. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  vacancies  that  may  occur  in  any  Vacaneiee, 
of  the  offices  which  are  elective  by  the  electors  of  said  city,  except  ed.W  8upph 
members  of  common  council,  may  be  filled  by  the  common  council. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  whenever  they  shall  deem  it  neces-  Board  of 
sarv,  the  common  council  may  establish  a  board  of  health  in  said  beestaSSh- 
eity,  to  consist  of  as  many  members  as  the  council  may  determine  •  eu* 

said  board  shall  continue  in  office  until  dissolved  by  their  own  reso¬ 
lution  or  the  resolution  of  the  common  council ;  said  board  shall 
have  full  power  to  take  such  measures,  and  to  make  and  publish 
all  such  orders  for  the  preservation  of  the  public  health  as  they  may 
deem  best  calculated  to  promote  that  end  ;  and  any  person  who 
shall  refuse  to  comply  with  any  such  order,  or  who  shall  oppose, 
hinder,  obstruct,  or  discourage  a  compliance  with  any  such  order 
by  any  other  person  or  persons,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde¬ 
meanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  any  sum  not  ex¬ 
ceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  at  hard  labor  for 
any  term  not  exceeding  two  years,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court  before  whom  said  conviction  may  be  had. 

7.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  common  council  of  said  city  shall  Common 
have  authority,  from  time  to  time,  to  take  one  or  more  loans  on  the  thoiizedto 
credit  of  the  city,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  or  consolidating  such tJte  l0aii8’ 
of  the  indebtedness  of  said  city  as  existed  on  the  first  day  of  Jan¬ 
uary,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  forty- 

nine,  and  to  such  loans  the  provisions  of  the  first  section  of  the 
supplement  to  the  act  incorporating  said  city,  approved  the  twenty- 
eighth  day  of  February,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  forty-nine,  shall  not  apply;  but  this  section  shall  not 
apply  to  loans  to  be  taken  for  any  other  purpose. 

8.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  assessment  provided  for  in  the  Asseppment 
supplement  to  the  act  to  incorporate  said  city,  approved  the  nine-°*lb4'' 
teenth  day  of  February,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 


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hundred  and  forty-seven,  shall  be  binding  and  conclusive  according 
to  the  provisions  of  said  act,  unless  one  half  of  the  persons  upon 
whom  the  same  may  be  made,  their  guardians  or  legal  represent¬ 
atives,  shall  file  their  refusal  according  to  the  provisions  of  said 
act. 

Part  Of  for-  9.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  eighth  section  of  the  act  referred 

peai^lf re  to  in  the  foregoing  section  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 
Aldermen.  10.  And  be  it  enacted,  Thataldermenshallnothereafterbeelect- 
how  elected.  the  city  at  large,  but  one  alderman  shall,  at  the  annual 

ward  elections,  be  elected  in  each  ward,  who  shall  be  a  resident  of 
said  ward,  and  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year. 

Part  of  for-  11.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  anything  in  the  act  to  which  this 
ptHded.*" te  is  a  supplement,  or  in  any  of  the  supplements  to  said  act  which 
comes  within  the  purview  of  this  act,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
repealed. 

12.  And  he  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


An  additional  supplement  to  the  act  entitled,  “  An  act  to 
incorporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  the  seventh  day 
of  March,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  eighteen  hundred  and 
thirty-seven. 

Approved  March  IS,  1851. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
paring  aide-  State  of  New  Jersey,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  coun¬ 
cil  of  the  said  city  to  pass  ordinances  for  the  levelling,  grading, 
curbing,  paving,  repaving,  flagging,  or  gravelling  sidewalks,  in  any 
street  or  streets  of  said  city,  by  the  owners  or  occupants  of  lots, 
alleys,  or  passage  ways  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  street  or 
streets  |  and  to  appoint  one  or  more  discieet  and  skilful  petson  01 
persons  to  superintend  the  said  work;  and  to  prescribe  the  manner 
in  which,  and  the  materials  with  which  the  same  shall  be  perform¬ 
ed  ;  and  to  enforce  such  ordinances,  by  enacting  penalties  for  non- 
compliance  therewith,  to  be  sued  foi  and  reco\eied,  with  costs  of 
suit,  in  an  action  of  debt,  by  and  in  the  name  of  the  treasurer  of 
the  said  city,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  before  any  justice  of  the  peace 
thereof,  or  any  other  court  having  cognizance  of  the  same. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot, 
alley,  or  passage  way,  in  front  whereof  the  sidew'alks  shall,  by  any 


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ordinance  of  the  common  council,  be  directed  to  be  levelled,  graded,  Proceedings 
curbed,  paved,  repaved,  flagged,  or  gravelled,  shall  neglect  to  com- neglect  or 
ply  with  such  ordinance  for  the  space  of  one  month  from  the  time  pave^&c! 
of  its  passage,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  council  to  cause 
the  same  to  be  done  under  the  direction  and  superintendence  of 
such  officer  or  officers,  or  person  or  persons,  as  they  may  designate 
for  that  purpose,  and  the  expense  thereof,  certified  and  sworn  or 
affirmed  to  by  said  officer  or  officers,  person  or  persons,  and  filed 
with  the  city  clerk,  shall  be  and  remain  a  lien  upon  said  lot  until 
the  same  shall  have  been  paid  and  satisfied,  and  shall  have  priority 
to  any  recognizance,  mortgage,  judgment,  debt,  obligation,  or  re¬ 
sponsibility  which  the  said  lot  may  become  liable  to  from  and  af¬ 
ter  the  passage  of  this  act ;  and  to  enforce  the  payment  of  said 
expenses,  the  common  council  may,  at  their  option,  either  bring  an 
action  on  the  case  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  in  the 
name  of  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  against  the  owner  or  owners  of 
such  lot,  for  so  much  money  laid  out  and  expended  by  them  for 
the  use  of  such  owner  or  owners,  and  declare  generally  and  give 
the  special  matter  in  evidence,  and  recover  said  expenses,  with 
costs  ;  or,  having  first  advertised  in  two  of  the  newspapers  publish¬ 
ed  in  said  city  for  the  space  of  two  months,  once  at  least  in  each 
week,  giving  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  together  with  a 
particular  description  of  the  lot,  and  specifying  the  amount  of  mo¬ 
ney  so  laid  out  and  expended  on  the  same,  may,  at  such  time  and 
place,  sell  at  public  sale  the  said  lot,  for  the  lowest  term  of  vears 
at  which  any  person  shall  agree  to  take  the  same,  and  pay  said  ex¬ 
penses  and  such  other  expenses  as  may  be  incurred  by  said  ad¬ 
vertisement  and  sale;  and  thereupon  the  mayor  of  said  city,  at  the 
request  of  said  common  council,  may  give  a  declaration  of  sale  to 
the  purchaser  thereof  under  the  common  seal  of  said  city  ;  and 
such  purchaser,  his  or  her  executors,  administrators,  or  assigns,  by 
virtue  thereof  and  of  this  act,  shall  lawfully  hold  and  enjoy  the 
same  for  his  and  their  proper  use  until  his  or  her  term  be  fullv 
completed  and  ended,  and  be  at  liberty  to  remove  all  the  buildings 
and  materials  which  he  or  they  shall  erect  or  place  thereon  ;  but 
he  or  they  shall  leave  said  premises,  at  the  expiration  of  the  term, 
in  as  good  order  and  condition  as  they  were  at  the  beginning  there¬ 
of,  natural  wear  and  tear  only  excepted,  and  shall  pay  and  discharge 
all  taxes  which  shall  be  legally  assessed  thereon  during  the  con¬ 
tinuance  of  said  term  ;  if  the  owner  or  owners,  mortgagee  or  mort¬ 
gagees,  of  said  lot  shall,  within  one  year  after  such  sale,  pay  to  the 
said  purchaser,  his  executors,  administrators,  or  assigns  the  amount 


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Proviso. 


Actions  to  be 
brought  in 
name  of 
treasurer. 


of  money  so  by  him  paid  to  the  city,  with  the  amount  paid  for  any 
fences  erected,  constructed,  or  made  thereon,  with  twelve  per  cent, 
interest,  then  the  said  owner  or  owners,  mortgagee  or  mortgagees, 
as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  entitled  to  re-enter  and  repossess  the 
said  lot  in  the  same  manner,  to  all  intents,  as  if  such  sale  had  not 
been  made. 

Tenant  may  3.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  if  the  tenant  of  any  lot  within  the  said 
landicTrd^0111  city  shall  cause  the  sidewalk  in  front  thereof  to  be  levelled,  graded, 
curbed,  paved,  repaved,  flagged,  or  gravelled,  in  obedience  to 
such  ordinance,  at  his  own  expense,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  him  to 
deduct  the  same  out  of  the  rent,  or  to  recover  the  same  from  the 
landlord  or  owner,  or  his  legal  representatives,  with  interest  and 
cost,  in  an  action  on  the  case  in  any  court  in  this  state  having  cog¬ 
nizance  thereof,  for  so  much  money  by  him  paid,  laid  out,  and  ex¬ 
pended  to  and  for  his  and  their  use;  provided ,  that  nothing  in  this 
act  shall  affect  any  contract  or  agreement,  made  or  to  be  made, 
between  landlord  and  tenant  respecting  such  charges  or  expenses. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  in  all  actions  to  be  brought  for  the 
recovery  of  any  penalty  created  or  imposed  by  any  ordinance  made 
and  passed,  or  that  may  be  made  and  passed  by  said  common 
council,  may  be  brought  and  prosecuted  in  the  name  of  “  the  Trea¬ 
surer  of  the  city  of  Trenton,”  without  specifying  the  individual  name 
of  the  treasurer  of  said  city  for  the  time  being;  and  that  no  such 
suit  shall  abate  by  reason  of  any  change  of  the  person  holding  such 
office. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  book  of  records  of  the  ordinances 
of  said  common  council,  and  the  printed  volume  or  pamphlet  ordi¬ 
nances  printed  and  published  by  the  direction  or  authority  of  said 
common  council,  shall  be  received  as  evidences  of  the  ordinances 
of  said  common  council  in  any  court  of  this  state. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  open  passage  ways,  of  two  rods 
wide  and  upwards,  which  have  not  been  or  shall  not  be  made  pub¬ 
lic  streets  according  to  law,  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  pri¬ 
vate  streets. 

7.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  common  council  of  said  city  shall 
rnay'be  pav-  have  authority,  whenever  to  them  it  shall  seem  required  by  the 

public  good,  to  cause  any  private  street,  court,  or  alley  to  be  graded, 
paved,  or  curbed,  and  flagstones  to  be  laid  across  the  same  at 
proper  places,  and  to  cause  the  expense  thereof  to  be  assessed  on 
the  owners  of  property  fronting  or  bordering  on  said  private  street, 
court,  or  alley  ;  and  the  affidavit  of  said  expense,  by  the  person  or 
persons  appointed  to  have  said  work  done,  filed  with  the  clerk  of 


Book  of  re¬ 
cords  to  be 
evidence. 


Private  st’s. 


Private  st’s 
or  alleys 
may  be 
ed,  &c. 


TO  THE  CHARTER. 


Said  city,  shall  fix  and  determine  the  amount  thereof ;  and  said  ex¬ 
pense  shall  be  a  lien  on  each  lot  against  which  it  may  be  assessed 
for  the  proportion  of  said  lot,  and  the  same  may  be  collected  in  the 
way  in  which  the  expense  of  paving  sidewalks  is  by  this  act  author¬ 
ized  to  be  collected. 

b.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  paving  of 
council,  on  the  application  of  the  owners  of  three-fourths  of  the8treet'* 
property  fronting  on  any  public  street,  or  section  of  a  public  street, 
to  order  the  said  street  or  section  of  a  street  (the  same  having  been 
previously  graded)  to  be  paved,  flagged,  or  planked,  either  in  whole 
or  in  part,  in  such  manner  as  they  shall  deem  most  advisable,  un¬ 
der  the  supervision  of  such  officer  or  person  as  they  shall  designate, 
and  to  cause  the  expense  of  such  work,  or  such  part  of  said  ex¬ 
pense  as  said  common  council  may  direct,  to  be  assessed  among 
the  owners  of  lots  fronting  on  said  street  or  section  of  a  street;  and 
the  expense  of  said  work,  certified  and  sworn  or  affirmed  to  by  the 
officer  or  person  under  whose  supervision  the  same  shall  have  been 
done,  and  filed  with  the  clerk,  shall  fix  and  determine  the  amount 
thereof;  and  said  expense  shall  be  and  remain  a  lien  on  the  lots 
upon  which  the  same  shall  have  been  assessed  until  the  same  shall 
have  been  paid  ;  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  council  to 
enforce  the  payment  thereof  in  the  same  manner  in  which,  by  this 
act,  payment  of  the  expense  of  paving  sidewalks  may  be  enforced  ; 
and  that  after  the  said  paving,  flagging,  or  planking  shall  have  been 
once  done,  then  the  city  shall  take  charge  of  and  keep  the  same  in 
repair  without  further  assessment. 

9.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  all  taxes  hereafter  assessed  in  said  interest  on 
city  shall  be  chargeable  with  interest  from  and  after  the  day  on  taxes' 
which  they  shall  be  returned  by  the  ward  collectors  as  delinquents. 

10.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  taxes  which  may  be  hereafter  Land  may 
assessed  upon  any  lands,  tenements,  or  real  estate  in  said  city  shall  nonpayment 
be  and  remain  a  lien  thereon  for  the  space  of  two  years  from  theo1  tuxes' 
date  of  the  tax  warrant,  notwithstanding  any  devise,  descent,  or 
alienation  thereof,  or  any  judgment,  mortgage,  or  other  encum¬ 
brance  thereof;  and  that  if  the  full  amount  of  any  such  tax,  with 

the  interest  and  costs,  shall  not  be  paid  and  satisfied  within  two 
months  from  the  date  of  such  tax  warrant,  it  shall  and  may  be  law¬ 
ful  for  the  common  council  to  advertise,  and,  if  necessary,  to  sell 
said  lands,  tenements,  or  real  estate  for  the  payment  of  said  tax,  in¬ 
terest,  and  all  costs,  charges,  and  expenses,  in  the  same  manner  as 
is  prescribed  by  the  third  section  of  the  act  entitled,  “  A  further 
supplement  to  the  act  entitled,  an  act  to  incorporate  the  city  of 


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v 


SUPPLEMENTS 


Mistake  in 
name  not  to 
invalidate  as 
sessment. 


Part  of  for¬ 
mer  act  re¬ 
pealed. 


Inhabitants 
of  ward  au¬ 
thorized  to 
raise  money. 


Trenton,”  which  supplement  was  approved  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
March,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
forty-five. 

11.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  in  assessing  real  estate  within  said 
city,  no  mistake,  misnomer,  or  omission  of  the  name  or  names  of 
the  owner  or  owners,  or  any  of  them,  of  such  real  estate  shall  be 
sufficient  to  invalidate  the  assessment  thereof  or  prevent  the  re- 
covery  of  the  tax,  provided  the  premises  assessed  be  sufficiently 
identified ;  and  that  the  common  council  of  said  city  may  make  all 
ordinances,  rules,  and  regulations  which  they  shall  deem  neces¬ 
sary  to  secure  the  identification  of  the  premises  assessed,  and  to 
have  periodical  valuations,  by  competent  men,  of  all  the  real  es¬ 
tate  in  said  city  subject  to  taxation,  to  the  end  that  each  and  every 
lot  or  tract  may  pay  its  fair  and  just  proportion  of  tax  according 
to  its  cash  value. 

12.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  thirty-sixth,  thirty-seventh,  thirty- 
eighth,  and  thirty-ninth  sections  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  a  sup¬ 
plement  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

13.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


An  act  to  authorize  the  inhabitants  of  the  third  and  fourth 
wards  of  the  city  of  Trenton  to  raise  money  in  support 
of  common  schools. 

Approved  March  19,  1351. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  the  inhabitants  of  the  third  and  fourth 
wards  in  the  city  of  Trenton,  at  their  next  ward  meeting,  shall 
have  power,  by  a  majority  of  the  votes  polled,  to  determine  the 
amount  of  money  to  be  raised  in  support  of  the  common  schools 
of  said  wards,  not  exceeding  in  the  whole  the  sum  of  two  thousand 
dollars,  in  addition  to  the  sum  authorized  to  be  raised  by  the  other 
wards  of  said  city,  which  shall  be  levied  and  collected  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  taxes  within  said  city  are  levied  and  collected. 


TO  THE  CHARTER. 


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An  act  to  annex  the  borough  of  South  Trenton  to  the  city 

of  Trenton. 

Approved  March  19,  1851. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the  Borough  of 
State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  the  territory  which  is  embraced  within  tonmSSd 
the  bounds  of  the  borough  of  South  Trenton,  in  the  township  0ftoTrRnton- 
Nottingham,  in  the  county  of  Mercer,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
set  off  from  the  township  of  Nottingham,  and  annexed  to  and  made 
a  part  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  if  said 
territory  had  originally  been  a  part  of  said  city ;  and  that  the  inha¬ 
bitants  of  said  territory,  and  their  successors  for  ever,  shall  be  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  corporation  created  by  the  act  incorporating  said  city, 
by  the  name,  style,  and  title  of  “  the  Inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Tren¬ 
ton  ;  and  that  the  charter  of  said  city,  and  the  several  supplements 
thereto,  and  all  laws  passed  in  relation  to  said  city,  and  all  ordi¬ 
nances  heretofore  passed  by  the  common  council  of  said  city,  shall 
have  the  same  force  and  effect  within  the  territory  hereby  annexed 
as  they  have  heretofore  held  and  now  rightfully  have  within  the 
original  limits  of  said  city. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  said  “  the  Inhabitants  of  the  city  Property, 
of  Trenton’’  and  their  successors  shall  by  this  act  become,  and  they  in^nhabit^ 
are  hereby  declared  to  be  absolutely  and  completely  vested  with gfty  of Tren- 
and  possess  and  enjoy  all  the  lands,  tenements,  hereditaments,  pro-ton‘ 

•  perty,  rights,  causes  of  action,  and  estate  whatsoever,  both  in  law 
and  equity,  in  possession,  reversion,  or  remainder,  which  at  the  time 
this  act  shall  take  effect  may  be  vested  in  or  belong  to  “the  Bur¬ 
gesses  and  Inhabitants  of  the  borough  of  South  Trenton,”  in  their 
corporate  capacity  as  now  incorporated,  according  to  such  estate 
and  interest  as  the  said  “  the  Burgesses  and  Inhabitants  of  the  bo¬ 
rough  of  South  Trenton,”  at  the  time  this  act  shall  take  effect, 
may  have  or  of  right  ought  to  have  in  the  same;  provided ,  that  Proviso, 
nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  affect  any  suit  or  suits  now 
pending  in  the  name  of  “  the  Inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Trenton,”  or 
in  the  name  of  “  the  Burgesses  and  Inhabitants  of  the  borough  of 
South  Trenton,”  or  in  the  name  of  “  the  Inhabitants  of  the  town¬ 
ship  of  Nottingham,  in  the  county  of  Mercer.” 

3.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  justices  of  the  peace  elected  in  Justices  ol 
the  township  of  Nottingham,  and  now  in  commission,  shall  hold  their the  pcact 
offices  until  their  respective  terms  shall  expire,  as  if  this  act  had 

not  been  passed :  at  the  expiration  of  said  terms  there  may  be  elected 


n 


SUPP  LE  ME  NTS 


Town  meet 
ing  in  Not¬ 
tingham. 


Settlement 
of  paupers. 


Committee 
to  divide 
property. 


Proviso. 


within  the  territory  hereby  set  off  from  said  township  of  Not¬ 
tingham  two  justices  for  each  ward  herein  after  created,  and  with¬ 
in  the  remainder  of  said  township  one  justice  ;  and  the  same  num¬ 
ber  of  justices  may  be  elected  from  time  to  time,  until  the  number 
which  each  of  said  wards  and  said  township  may  be  entitled  to 
shall  be  determined  according  to  law  by  the  next  census  to  be 
taken  by  the  general  government  of  the  United  States. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  next  annual  town  meeting  for  the 
township  of  Nottingham  shall  be  held  at  the  house  of  Samuel  Cros- 
ley,  in  the  village  of  Lamberton. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  all  paupers  who  may,  when  this  act 
shall  take  effect,  be  chargeable  to  the  township  of  Nottingham, 
shall  thereafter  be  chargeable  to  and  supported  by  either  that  town¬ 
ship  or  the  city  of  Trenton,  as  would  have  been  the  case  had  this 
act  been  in  force  at  the  time  said  paupers,  respectively,  acquired 
the  legal  settlement  by  virtue  of  which  they  are  to  be  supported; 
and  all  persons  whose  settlements,  when  this  act  shall  take  effect, 
may  be  within  the  bounds  of  the  borough  of  South  Trenton,  and 
who  may  thereafter  become  chargeable  as  paupers,  shall  be  support¬ 
ed  by  the  city  of  Trenton. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  township  committee  of  the  town¬ 
ship  of  Nottingham,  and  a  committee  of  five,  to  be  appointed  by 
the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  shall  meet  on  the  first 
Monday  in  May  next  at  the  city  hall,  in  said  city  of  Trenton,  at 
ten  o’clock  in  the  forenoon  ;  and  shall  then  and  there,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  may  be,  proceed,  by  writing  signed  by  a  majority  of 
the  members  of  each  committee,  to  allot  and  divide  between  said 
township  and  said  city  all  the  paupers  of  said  township,  upon  the 
principles  laid  down  in  the  preceding  section  ;  and  all  the  property 
and  moneys  on  hand  or  due  to  or  from  said  township,  in  proportion 
to  the  taxable  property  and  ratables  within  the  respective  limits  of 
said  township,  as  the  same  shall  remain,  and  the  part  of  said 
township  hereby  set  off,  as  valued  by  the  assessor  at  the  last 
assessment,  and  the  said  township  of  Nottingham  and  the  said  city 
of  Trenton  shall  be  liable  to  pay  their  respective  proportions  of 
the  debts  due  by  said  township,  as  allotted  and  divided  as  aforesaid ; 
and  if  any  of  the  persons  composing  either  of  said  committees 
should  neglect  or  refuse  to  meet  as  aforesaid,  those  assembled  may 
proceed  to  make  the  said  division  ;  and  the  decision  of  a  majority 
of  those  present  of  each  committee  shall  be  final  and  conclusive; 
provided,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  to  adjourn  said  meeting  from  time 
to  time,  as  a  majority  of  those  assembled  shall  see  fit. 


TO  THE  CHARTER. 


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7.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  said  city  of  Trenton  shall  have  its  pro-  Surplus  re¬ 
portion,  according  to  the  principle  laid  down  in  the  preceding  sec-  'Lnuc‘ 
tion,  and  to  be  alloted  and  divided  by  the  same  committees,  of  the 
surplus  revenue  of  the  general  government  now  deposited  with  the 
township  of  Nottingham,  and  the  interest  due  thereon,  and  there¬ 
upon  said  township  of  Nottingham  shall  be  discharged  from,  and 

said  city  of  Irenton  shall  be  liable  for,  so  much  of  said  surplus  re¬ 
venue  as  may  be  allotted  to  said  city  of  Trenton. 

8.  And  he  it  enacted,  That  the  act  entitled,  “An  act  to  erect  Former  act 
part  of  the  township  of  Nottingham,  in  the  county  of  Mercer,  into  n  P<  '  ^ 

a  borough,  to  be  called  the  borough  of  South  Trenton,”  passed  the 
twenty-eighth  day  of  February,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  for¬ 
ty,  and  all  the  supplements  thereto,  be  and  the  same  are  here¬ 
by  repealed  ;  but  that  this  repeal  shall  not  affect  the  rights,  if  any, 
which  said  borough  or  any  individual  may  have  acquired  under 
or  by  virtue  of  said  act,  or  any  supplement  thereto. 

9.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  territory  hereby  annexed  to  the  Territory an- 
city  of  Trenton  shall  constitute  two  wards  of  said  city,  the  dividing dMdecUnto 
line  between  which  shall  be  the  middle  of  the  street  called  Blooms-™13' 
bury  street,  from  the  Assanpink  bridge  to  its  intersection  with  the 
middle  of  the  street  called  Lamberton  street,  and  thence  along  the 
middle  of  Lamberton  street  to  the  line  of  the  township  of  Notting¬ 
ham  ;  that  part  of  said  territory  lying  to  the  east  of  said  dividing 

line  shall  be  called  the  third  ward,  and  that  part  lying  to  the  west 
of  said  dividing  line  shall  be  called  the  fourth  ward  ;  the  ward  call¬ 
ed  the  east  ward  of  said  city  of  Trenton  shall  be  called  the  first  . 
ward,  and  the  ward  now  called  the  west  ward  of  said  city  shall  be 
called  the  second  ward. 

10.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  same  number  of  officers  now  Officers  of 
required  by  law  to  be  elected  in  the  several  wards  of  said  city,  ex_  wards* 
cept  members  of  common  council,  shall  be  elected  annually  in  each 

of  the  wards  constituted  by  this  act. 

11.  And  he  it  enacted,  That  at  the  first  annual  ward  election  in  Members  of 
each  of  the  wards  created  by  this  act,  there  shall  be  elected,  besides  cou™ 
the  other  officers  electable,  six  members  of  the  common  council; 

at  the  first  meeting  of  the  common  council  thereafter,  these  mem¬ 
bers  shall,  by  lot,  divide  themselves  into  three  equal  classes  ;  the 
seats  of  the  first  class  shall  be  vacated  at  the  end  of  the  first  year, 
of  the  second  class  at  the  end  of  the  second  year,  and  of  the  third 
class  at  the  end  of  the  third  year,  and  at  every  annual  ward  meet¬ 
ing  thereafter  each  ward  shall  choose  the  same  number  of  mem¬ 
bers  of  council  as  the  other  wards  of  said  city. 

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SUPPLEMENTS 


Ward  meet¬ 
ings. 


Common 
council  au¬ 
thorized  to 
jmve  gutters. 


Sewers  may 
be  construct¬ 
ed. 


12.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  annual  meetings  of  the  wards 
hereby  created  shall  be  held  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  man¬ 
ner  as  the  ward  meetings  of  the  other  wards  in  said  city;  the  first 
annual  meeting  of  the  third  ward  shall  be  held  at  the  house  now 
occupied  by  Benjamin  S.  Gordon,  and  the  first  annual  meeting  of 
the  fourth  ward  shall  be  held  at  the  house  now  occupied  by  Charles 
F.  McCoy  ;  the  voters  who  attend  at  the  hour  appointed  shall 
choose  three  judges  and  a  clerk  of  the  first  election,  who  shall  be 
sworn  or  affirmed  faithfully  to  execute  their  offices  by  any  justice 
of  the  peace ;  said  officers  to  hold  said  elections,  and  make  returns 
thereof,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  required  by  law  of  other  ward 
election  officers. 

13.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  on  the  se¬ 
cond  Monday  in  April  next. 


A  further  supplement  to  the  act  entitled,  “  An  act  to  in¬ 
corporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  the  seventh  day 
of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 

Approved  March  25,  1852. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  the  common  council  of  said  city  shall  have 
authority  to  cause  the  gutters  of  any  street,  or  any  part  of  a  street, 
to  be  properly  paved,  and,  when  necessary,  repaved,  and  to  have 
the  expense  thereof  assessed  on  the  owners  of  property  in  front  of 
which  such  gutters  may  be  so  paved  ;  and  the  affidavit  of  said  ex¬ 
pense,  by  the  person  or  persons  appointed  to  have  said  work  done, 
filed  with  the  clerk  of  said  city,  shall  fix  and  determine  the  amoun 
thereof;  and  the  said  expense  shall  be  a  lien  on  each  lot  against 
which  it  may  be  assessed  for  the  proportion  of  said  lot,  and  the 
same  may  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  in  which  the  expense  of 
paving  sidewalks  is  now  by  law  authorized  to  be  collected  in  said 
city. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  said  common  council  shall  have 
authority  to  cause  to  be  constructed  proper  sewers  for  the  drainage 
of  said  city,  and  to  have  the  expense  thereof  assessed  on  the  own¬ 
ers’ of  property  drained  thereby  ;  and  the  affidavit  of  said  expense, 
by  the  person  or  persons  appointed  to  have  said  work  done,  filed 
with  the  clerk  of  said  city,  shall  fix  and  determine  the  amount 


TO  THE  CHARTER. 


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thereof;  and  said  expense  shall  be  a  lien  on  each  lot  against  which 
it  may  be  assessed  for  the  proportion  of  said  lot,  and  the  same 
may  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  in  which  the  expense  of  pav¬ 
ing  sidewalks  is  by  law  now  authorized  to  be  collected. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted..  That  in  making  assessments  by  virtue  of  Assessment* 

...  •  •  r  ,  not  invalid' 

this  act,  no  mistake,  misnomer,  or  omission  of  the  name  or  names  ated  by  mis- 
of  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  of  the  lots  shall  be  sufficient  to  in¬ 
validate  such  assessment;  provided,  the  premises  assessed  be  suffi¬ 
ciently  identified. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  whenever  complaint  is  made  to  the  Complaint* 
mayor,  recorder,  or  either  of  the  aldermen  of  said  city,  of  the  vio- of  ordinan- 
lation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  common  council,  whereby  the  of¬ 
fender  or  offenders  have  become  subject  to  a  penally  or  penalties, 

it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  magistrates  forthwith  to  send  a  writ¬ 
ten  notice  to  the  person  or  persons  complained  of  that,  at  a  certain 
time  and  place,  he  will  proceed  to  investigate  the  charge,  and  at 
such  time  and  place,  if  upon  investigation  the  said  charge  shall  in 
the  judgment  of  said  magistrate  be  sustained,  he  shall  issue  his 
warrant  for  the  collection  of  ' said  penalty  or  penalties,  as  is  now 
provided  by  the  act  incorporating  said  city  of  Trenton. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


An  additional  supplement  to  the  act  entitled,  “  An  act  to 
incorporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  March  twenty- 
seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 

Approved  March  10,  1853. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the  Boundaries 
State  of  New  Jersey,  That  all  that  part  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  be- °f  Jth  ward' 
ginning  at  a  point  in  the  centre  of  Warren  street,  and  opposite  the 
centre  of  Hanover  street;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  cen¬ 
tre  of  Hanover  street,  and  in  a  direct  line  therewith  until  it  strikes 
the  Delaware  and  Raritan  canal ;  thence  up  said  canal  to  the  cen¬ 
tre  of  Perry  street;  thence  easterly  along  the  centre  of  Perry 
street,  and  in  a  direct  line  therewith,  until  it  strikes  the  Assanpink 
creek ;  thence  up  the  said  creek  to  the  line  of  the  township  of 
Lawrence;  thence  along  the  said  line  to  the  branch  turnpike  road; 
thence  along  said  turnpike  road  southerly  to  Warren  street;  and 
thence  down  the  centre  of  said  street  to  the  place  of  beginning, 


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SUPPLEMENTS 


shall  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  erected  into  and  constituted  a  sepa¬ 
rate  ward,  to  be  called  the  fifth  ward  of  the  said  city. 

Wardoffi-  2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  at  the  next  annual  charter  election  of 

c©rs. 

the  city  of  Trenton,  there  shall  be  elected  for  the  first  ward  and  for 
the  fifth  ward,  each,  two  members  of  the  common  council,  one  of 
whom  shall  serve  for  the  period  of  one  year,  and  one  for  the  term 
of  two  years,  and  that  there  shall  not  be  elected  any  other  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  common  council  for  any  of  the  wards,  except  it  be  to 
fill  a  vacancy,  until  the  annual  election  in  the  spring  of  eighteen 
hundred  and  fifty-four,  when,  and  annually  thereafter,  at  the  city 
election,  each  ward  shall  elect  two  members,  who  shall  hold  their 

Proviso.  offices  for  the  term  of  two  years ;  provided,  that  each  of  the  pre¬ 
sent  members  of  the  common  council  shall  hold  his  office  according 
to  the  term  for  which  he  was  elected,  anything  to  the  contrary  not¬ 
withstanding. 


Annual  elec¬ 
tion  of  offi¬ 
cers. 


Part  of  for¬ 
mer  act  re¬ 
pealed. 


First  elec¬ 
tion. 


3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  same  number  of  officers  now  re¬ 
quired  by  law  to  be  elected  in  the  several  wards  of  said  city  shall 
be  elected,  annually,  in  the  ward  constituted  by  this  act. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  parts  of  the  act  entitled,  “  An  act 
to  incorporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  and  all  supplements  thereto  as 
may  conflict  with  this  act  and  the  act  passed  March  eighteenth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-two,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  re- 

5.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  first  election  for  said  ward  shall 
be  held  at  the  house  now  occupied  by  Charles  C.  Gill,  called  the 
Madison  House  hotel ;  and  the  voters  who  attend  at  the  house  ap¬ 
pointed  by  law  for  the  other  wards  shall  choose  three  judges  and 
a  clerk  at  the  first  election,  who  shall  be  sworn  or  affirmed  faith¬ 
fully  to  execute  their  offices  by  a  justice  of  the  peace  or  a  city 
magistrate ;  said  officers  to  hold  said  election  and  make  returns 
thereof  in  the  same  manner  as  is  required  by  law  of  the  other  ward 
election  officers. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately* 


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TO  THE  CHARTER.. 


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A  further  supplement  to  the  act  entitled,  “  An  act  to  incor¬ 
porate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  approved  March  seventh, 
eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 

Approved  February  16,  1854. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the  Election  of 
State  of  Aew  Jersey ,  That  at  the  annual  election  to  be  held  in  and  clty«officers* 
for  the  city  of  Trenton  on  the  second  Monday  in  April,  in  the  year 

one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-four,  and  at  each  annual  elec¬ 
tion  thereafter,  there  shall  be  chosen  by  the  electors  of  the  said 
city,  from  among  the  citizens  residing  therein  and  entitled  to  vote 
at  such  election,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  mayor  is  now  elected, 
one  clerk,  one  treasurer,  one  clerk  of  the  market,  one  street  com¬ 
missioner,  and  one  marshal,  who  shall  hold  their  respective  offices 
for  the  term  of  one  year,  and  shall  severally  perform  the  duties 
now  required  by  law  to  be  performed  by  the  clerk,  treasurer,  clerk 
of  the  market,  street  commissioner,  and  marshal  of  said  city. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  all  parts  of  the  act  entitled,  “An  act  Part  of  for- 

.  1  mer  act  re- 

to  incorporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  and  all  supplements  thereto  pealed, 
that  may  conflict  with  this  act,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  on  the  second 
Monday  in  April  next. 


An  act  to  ratify  and  confirm  an  ordinance  passed  by  tlie* 
common  council  of  the  city  of  Trenton  on  the  fifth,  day 
of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-three.. 

Approved  March  2,  1854. 

W  hereas  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  by  an  ordi- Preamble, 
nance  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  Trenton  Iron 
Company  to  cross  certain  streets  with  a  railroad,”  passed  on  the 
fifth  day  of  April,  Anno  Domini  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty- 
three,  authorized  and  empowered  the  said  company  to  construct 
and  operate  across  several  of  the  public  streets  of  said  city  a 
railroad  from  the  rolling  mill  of  said  company  to  their  wire  mill 
on  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  canal,  which  said  railroad  has 
been  constructed  by  the  said  company  over  lands  belonging  to 
them,  exclusively,  or  across  which  they  have  the  right  of  way* 


IS 


SUPP  LEMEN  TS 


except  where  the  same  crosses  such  public  streets  as  aforesaid, 
and  is  now  operated  and  used  by  them  under  and  by  virtue  of 
the  said  ordinance  ;  and  whereas  doubts  have  been  expressed 
whether  the  common  council  have  power  to  authorize  the  con¬ 
struction  and  use  of  the  said  railroad  over  or  across  the  public 
streets  of  said  city— therefore, 

Ordinance  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  Tren¬ 
ton  Iron  Company  to  keep  up,  maintain,  and  use  their  said  railroad, 
in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  the  said  ordinance  ;  and  that 
the  construction  and  use  of  the  said  road  across  any  of  said  streets, 
or  any  act  done  by  the  said  company  in  relation  thereto,  shall  not 
be  deemed  or  adjudged  invalid  or  illegal  for  or  by  reason  of  any 
want  of  power  or  authority  in  the  common  council  of  the  city  of 
Trenton  to  pass  the  said  ordinance  or  to  grant  the  authority  and 
privileges  thereby  conferred. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


A  further  supplement  to  the  act  incorporating  the  city  of 
Trenton,  approved  March  seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and 
thirty-seven. 

Approved  March  17,  1854. 

Common  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
eliabiifjh  fire  State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Tren- 

districte  ^  J 

ton  may  by  ordinance  establish  fire  districts  in  said  city,  and  may 

direct,  from  time  to  time,  special  taxes  to  be  assessed  on  and  col¬ 
lected  of  the  owners  of  buildings  and  their  contents  within  said 
districts,  for  the  expense  of  furnishing  said  districts  with  sufficient 
fire  plugs  or  tanks,  together  with  a  supply  of  water  for  protection 
from  fire,  and  the  expense  of  assessing  and  collecting  the  same, 
which  assessment  and  collection  may  be  made  by  the  regular  assess¬ 
ors  and  collectors,  or  by  special  assessors  and  collectors,  as  the 
council  may  think  best;  and  said  taxes  shall  be  a  lien  on  the  pro¬ 
perty  so  assessed  to  the  same  extent  as  other  city  taxes  now  are. 
orders  to  be  2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  said  common 
ble  on  pre-  council  to  direct,  or  for  the  clerk  to  draw,  or  for  the  treasurer  to 
accept  or  pay,  any  order  that  shall  not  be  on  its  face  payable  on 
presentation. 

3.  And  be  it  enactedi  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


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An  act  to  authorize  and  enable  the  city  of  Trenton  to  pur¬ 
chase  a  part  or  the  whole  of  the  capital  stock  of  the 
Trenton  Water  Works  Company. 

.  Approved  March  2,  1855. 

Whereas  it  has  been  represented  to  the  legislature  that,  in  order  Preamble, 
to  secure  to  the  city  of  Trenton  a  supply  of  water  adequate  for 
the  extinguishment  of  fires  and  other  public  purposes,  it  is  ex¬ 
pedient  that  the  said  city  should  be  the  owner  of  the  whole  or 
a  majority  of  the  stock  of  the  Trenton  WaterWorks — there¬ 
fore, 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the  common 
State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  coun-  thorizeefto 
cil  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  whenever  it  may  seem  to  them  expedi- gtock.a  C 
ent  so  to  do,  to  purchase,  in  the  name  and  on  the  behalf  of  the 

said  city,  the  whole  or  a  majority  of  the  shares  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  president  and  directors  of  the  Trenton  Water  Works, 
and  thereby  to  become  possessed  of  the  same  l  ights  and  privileges, 
and  be  subject  to  the  same  liabilities,  as  other  stockholders  ;  and 
to  the  end  aforesaid,  the  said  common  council  are  hereby  autho¬ 
rized  and  empowered  to  contract  such  debts  and  to  borrow  such 
sums  of  money,  on  the  credit  of  the  said  city,  as  shall  appear  to 
them  to  be  necessary,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  in  case  the  said  common  council  shall  Common 
make  the  said  purchase,  they  shall  have  the  right  to  vote  on  the  appoint  di- 
said  shares  of  stock,  or  any  of  them,  by  proxy,  and  shall  be  enti- recturb' 
tied  to  appoint  as  many  directors  of  said  water  works  as  the  shares 

held  by  the  city  shall  be  in  proportion  to  the  whole  number  of 
shares  of  said  water  works;  'provided ,  that  no  member  of  said  com- Proviso, 
mon  council  shall  be  appointed  such  director. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  said  common  council  are  hereby  city  to  i-e 
empowered  to  set  off  such  parts  of  the  said  city  through  which  the  ter  district* 
water  pipes  of  the  Trenton  Water  Works  now  are  or  hereafter 

shall  be  laid  into  a  district  or  districts,  to  be  called  “  the  Water 
District  or  Districts,”  and  to  alter  the  boundaries  thereof  as  occa¬ 
sion  may  require;  and  to  impose  an  annual  tax,  in  such  an  amount 
as  to  them  may  seem  expedient,  on  all  improved  lands  comprised 
in  said  water  district  or  districts  the  owners  or  occupants  of  which 
shall  not  take  the  water  for  the  use  thereof  from  the  said  president 
and  directors  of  the  Trenton  Water  Works,  the  said  tax  to  be  as¬ 
sessed  with  a  view  to  the  value  of  the.  property  taxed  and  to  its 


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Proceedings 
in  case  of  re¬ 
fusal  to  pur¬ 
chase  stock. 


Proviso. 


City  may  is¬ 
sue  bonds. 


Application 
of  proceeds 
of  sale  of 
bonds. 


Application 
of  revenue 
from  stock. 


rental,  and  said  assessment  to  be  made  and  collected  in  sucb  man'-- 
ner,  at  such  times,  and  by  such  person  or  persons,  as  the  said  com¬ 
mon  council  shall  from  time  to  time  by  ordinance  direct ;  and 
that  said  taxes,  when  imposed  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  shall  have 
the  same  force  and  effect,  and  be  collectable  by  the  same  process 
as  other  city  taxes  ;  and  that  the  money  raised  by  said  tax  shall  be 
appropriated  to  defraying  the  expense  of  supplying  the  said  city 
with  water  for  the  extinguishment  of  fires  and  other  public  uses. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted ,  T&at  if  the  said  city  shall  purchase  any  of 
the  said  stock,  it  shall  be  obligatory  on  the  said  city  to  purchase 
the  shares  of  any  stockholder  who  may  offer  to  sell  the  same  at  its 
par  value  within  one  year  from  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  to  re¬ 
ceive  in  payment  therefor  the  bonds  of  the  city,  herein  after  men¬ 
tioned,  or  cash,  at  the  option  of  the  city;  and  in  case  the  common 
council  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  purchase  any  stock  offered  to  the 
city  on  the  terms  aforesaid,  for  the  space  of  thirty  days  after  such* 
offer  shall  be  made  in  writing  to  the  city  treasurer,  then  “  the  In¬ 
habitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton”  shall  be  and  they  are  hereby 
made  liable  to  pay  to  the  person  or  persons  so  offering  such  stock 
the  par  value  thereof,  with  interest  from  the  date  of  such  offer,  to> 
be  recovered  in  an  action  on  the  case,  with  costs,  in  any  court  hav¬ 
ing  jurisdiction  of  the  same;  provided, ,  ths<t  no  execution  shall  be 
issued  upon  the  judgment  recovered  in  any  such  action,  until  the 
person  or  persons  obtaining  the  same  shall  transfer  to  the  city  the 
stock  for  the  value  of  which  such  judgment  shall  be  rendered. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  loan  authorized  by  the  first  sec¬ 
tion  of  this  act  shall  be  called  the  water  loan  ;  and  to*  secure  the 
payment  thereof,  the  said  common  council  are  hereby  authorized 
to  issue  the  bonds  of  the  city  for  an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the 
whole  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  which  bonds  shall 
bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi¬ 
annually,  and  shall  not  be  subject  or  liable  to  any  tax  which  may 
be  hereafter  levied  or  assessed  by  order  of  the  common  council  of 
said  city. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  none  of  ssad  bonds  shall  be  sold  or 
disposed  of  at  less  than  their  par  value  ;  and  the  proceeds  thereof 
shall  be  applied  exclusively  to  the  purposes  contemplated  by  this 
act,  and  to  no  other  purpose  whatever. 

7.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  stock  purchased  shall  be  trans¬ 
ferred  to  the  said  city,  and  the  dividends  and  revenue  derived  there¬ 
from  shall  be  appropriated,  first,  to  the  payment  of  the  interest  of 
the  bonds  issued  for  the  purchase  of  said  stock,  and  the  balance- 


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thereof  shall  be  set  apart  as  a  sinking  fund  for  the  payment  of  the 
principal  of  said  bonds ;  and  that  no  part  of  said  dividends  or  re¬ 
venue  shall  be  appropriated  or  used  for  any  other  purpose  what¬ 
ever;  and  no  part  of  said  stock  shall  be  sold  or  transferred  until 
the  payment  of  the  principal  and  interest  of  said  bonds. 

8.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  an  election  by  ballot  shall  be  held,  on  Election  for 
the  fourth  Monday  in  March  next,  in  each  of  the  wards  of  said  question  of 
city,  at  the  places  of  holding  the  last  annual  election,  at  which  purchase- 
election  the  electors  of  said  city  shall  vote  upon  the  question  of 
making  the  purchase  authorized  by  this  act,  those  in  favor  of  making 
said  purchase  depositing  ballots  with  the  words  “For  Water¬ 
works,”  written  or  printed  thereon,  and  those  opposed  thereto 
depositing  ballots  with  the  words  “  Against  Water  Works,”  writ¬ 
ten  or  printed  thereon;  the  poll  of  such  election  shall  be  opened 
at  seven  o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  and  kept  open  till  seven  o’clock 
in  the  afternoon  ;  and  the  said  election  shall  be  conducted  in  the 
same  manner  and  by  the  same  officers  as  the  annual  city  election; 
and  in  cases  of  vacancy  from  any  cause,  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled 
by  the  electors  of  the  ward  in  which  the  same  may  arise  before  the 
opening  of  the  poll ;  after  counting  off  the  votes  polled,  the  result 
of  said  election,  in  each  ward,  shall  be  certified  by  the  election  offi¬ 
cers  of  each  ward  to  the  president  of  common  council,  to  be  by 
him  laid  before  the  common  council  at  their  next  meeting;  and  if 
it  shall  appear  that  a  majority  of  the  electors  of  said  city,  voting 
at  such  election,  have  voted  for  such  purchase,  then  this  act  shall 
take  effect  immediately,  but  if  otherwise,  then  this  act  shall  be  void. 

p 


A  further  supplement  to  an  act  entitled,  “  An  act  to  incor¬ 
porate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  the  seventh  day  of 
March,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 

Approved  April  10,  1855. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the  Applications 
State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  coun-  streets!emng 
cil  of  the  city  of  Trenton  to  alter  or  widen  any  street,  road,  high¬ 
way  or  alley,  or  any  part  thereof,  on  the  application  in  writing  to 
the  said  common  council  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  owners  of  lands 
lying  on  said  street,  road,  highway,  or  alley,  or  to  alter  or  widen 
any  part  of  any  street,  road,  highway,  or  alley,  on  the  application 


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in  writing  of  two-thirds  of  the  owners  of  the  lands  lying  on  the 
part  thereof  to  be  altered  or  widened. 

Assessments  2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  whenever  the  common  council  of  said 

Se^city  shall  desire  to  lay  out,  alter,  or  widen  any  public  street,  or 
alley,  and  shall  have  agreed,  with  any  one  or  more  of  the  owners 
of  the  lands  or  other  real  estate  required  for  the  same,  upon  the 
price  to  be  paid  therefor,  and  shall  have  procured  the  appointment 
of  commissioners  to  make  an  estimate  and  assessment  of  tne  dam¬ 
ages  that  may  be  sustained  by  laying  out,  altering,  or  widening  any 
such  public  street  or  alley,  by  any  owner  or  owners  with  whom  no 
such  agreement  can  be  made,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commis¬ 
sioners  to  add  the  sum  or  sums  so  agreed  on  to  the  sum  or  sums 
by  them  estimated,  and  to  embrace  the  wrhole  amount  theieof  in 
the  assessment  which  they  are  now  required  by  law  to  make. 

Fees  of  offi-  3.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  common  council  of  said  city  shall 
tax  and  allow  such  costs  to  the  mayor,  commissioners,  cleik,  and 
other  persons  performing  any  service  required  in  laying  out,  alter¬ 
ing,  or  widening  any  public  street  or  alley,  as  they  may  think  lea- 
sonable  and  just,  which  shall  be  paid,  in  the  first  instance,  by  the 
common  council,  but  which  shall  be  added  by  the  clerk  to  the 
amounts  assessed  by  the  commissioners  to  the  several  landowners 
benefited  by  said  improvement,  in  proportion  to  the  amounts  so 
assessed. 

Collection  Of  4.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  common 

..ijct^nients.  council,  within  one  month  after  the  presentation  of  said  report,  to 
cause  a  notice  of  the  proportion  of  said  assessment  and  costs  to  be 
served  upon  every  person,  his  or  her  guardian  or  legal  representa¬ 
tive,  against  whom  the  same  is  made  and  whose  residence  is  in 
said  city,  and  also  to  cause  a  like  notice,  directed  to  such  of  said 
persons  as  do  not  reside  in  said  city,  to  be  inserted  in  one  or  more 
of  the  newspapers  of  said  city  for  the  space  of  one  month ;  and 
unless,  within  two  months  from  the  presentation  of  said  report,  a 
majority  of  said  persons,  their  guardians  or  legal  representatives, 
shall  file  with  the  clerk  of  the  city  their  refusal  in  writing  to  agree 
to  said  assessment  arid  costs,  that  then  the  same  shall  be  binding 
and  conclusive,  and  shall  thence,  and  until  paid,  be  due  from  said 
several  persons,  with  interest,  to  said  city,  and  be  a  lien  on  the 
land  against  which  the  same  is  assessed  for  the  satisfaction  of  any 
judgment  to  be  obtained  therefor;  and  the  said  common  council, 
in  the  name  of  “the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton,”  may  sue 
and  recover  of  each  person  so  assessed  his  or  her  proportion  of 
said  assessment,  with  interest  and  costs,  by  action  of  debt,  in  any 


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court  of  competent  jurisdiction ;  and  if  any  such  person  reside 
out  of  the  state,  an  attachment  may  be  resorted  to,  as  in  other 
cases  of  nonresident  debtors;  but  if,  within  said  two  months,  a 
majority  of  said  persons,  their  guardians  or  legal  representatives, 
shall  file  with  the  clerk  such  refusal,  then  no  further  proceedings 
to  enforce  the  collection  of  said  assessments  shall  be  had  ;  but  no¬ 
thing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  said  common  council 
from  taking  said  lands  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  as  they  may  now 
do,  if  in  their  opinion  the  public  interest  requires  it. 

5.  And  he  it  enacted,  That  the  said  common  council  may,  at  any  Council  may 

•  .  ,  .  ~  -  r  ,  .  .  ~  ,  abandon  pro- 

time  within  tour  months  lrom  the  presentation  to  them  ol  said  re- posed  im¬ 
port,  determine  to  abandon  such  proposed  improvement,  andupon1  '  ‘ 

their  so  determining,  their  right  to  take  said  lands,  and  the  right  of 
the  owners  to  recover  the  valuation  and  damages  thereof,  shall 
cease  and  determine  ;  but  after  such  abandonment  it  shall  not  be 
lawful  to  proceed  again  for  the  accomplishment  of  said  improve¬ 
ment  (unless  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  those  landholders  whose 
lands  may  be  needed)  for  the  period  of  five  years. 

6.  And  he  it  enacted,  That  all  public  streets  and  alleys  hereto-  Expeneeyrf 
fore  laid  out,  or  dedicated  and  opened,  shall  be  graded  by  the  com-  streets, 
moil  council,  at  the  expense  of  the  city  ;  but  that  it  shall  be  lawful 

for  the  common  council  to  order  any  public  street,  hereafter  to  be 
laid  out,  or  dedicated  and  opened,  to  be  graded,  and  to  cause  the 
expense  thereof  to  be  assessed  on  the  lots  fronting  or  bordering 
on  such  street ;  and  the  affidavit  of  said  expense,  by  the  person  or 
persons  appointed  to  have  said  work  done,  filed  with  the  clerk  of 
said  city,  shall  fix  and  determine  the  amount  thereof ;  and  said  ex¬ 
pense  shall  be  a  lien  on  each  lot  against  which  it  may  be  assessed 
for  the  proportion  of  said  lot  fixed  by  said  assessment,  and  the 
same  may  be  collected  in  the  way  in  which  the  expense  of  paving 
sidewalks  is  by  law  authorized  to  be  collected. 

7.  And  he  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  common  Council  to 

.  i  t  i  i  t  ,  i  establish 

council,  as  soon  as  convenient,  to  establish,  by  ordinance,  the  grades  grades  ot 

streets 

of  the  several  streets  which  now  are  or  may  hereafter  be  opened 
in  said  city,  that  persons  desiring  to  build  thereon  may  be  able  to 
fix  the  proper  altitude  of  their  buildings;  and  it  shall  not  be  law¬ 
ful,  after  the  same  shall  have  been  so  established,  to  alter  the  grade 
of  any  street,  except  by  ordinance  ;  nor  shall  any  such  ordinance 
be  passed  until  the  common  council  shall  have  caused  a  notice  of 
such  contemplated  alteration  to  be  served  upon  the  owners  of  pro¬ 
perty  fronting  or  bordering  upon  that  part  of  said  street  the  grade 
of  which  is  proposed  to  be  altered,  or  to  be  published  for  two 


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weeks  in  two  of  the  daily  papers  of  said  city,  which  notice  shall 
state  the  time  when  the  common  council  will  proceed  to  consider4 
said  proposition,  which  time  shall  not  be  less  than  two  weeks  from 
the  time  of  serving  said  notice ;  if  any  of  the  said  owners  shall  re¬ 
side  out  of  the  city,  the  publication  of  such  notice  in  one  of  the 
newspapers  of  the  city  shall  be  sufficient  service  upon  them;  when 
said  proposition  shall  come  up  for  consideration  before  the  common 
council,  all  persons  interested  may  appear,  present  testimony,  and 
be  heard,  by  themselves  or  their  counsel,  either  for  or  against  said 
proposition:  all  changes  which  such  alteration  of  grade  may  render 
necessary,  in  gutters,  sidewalks,  front  fences,  or  other  property  of 
any  landowner,  shall  be  made  by  the  common  council  at  the  time 
of  altering  such  grade,  and  said  common  council  shall  have  aright 
to  recover  of  any  landowner  who  was  an  applicant  for  said  alter¬ 
ation  the  expense  of  making  such  change  in  his  or  her  gutter,  side¬ 
walks,  front  fences,  or  other  property;  but  the  expense  of  making 
such  change  in  the  property  of  those  who  were  not  applicants  shall 
not  be  so  recoverable. 

Proceedings  S.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  whenever  the  owner  or  owners  of  any 
ersCrefuse  or  lot,  alley,  or  passage  way,  in  front  whereof  the  sidewalks  shall  by 
paveT&c°  any  ordinance  of  the  common  council  be  directed  to  be  levelled, 
graded,  curbed,  paved,  repaved,  flagged,  or  gravelled,  shall  have 
neglected  to  comply  with  such  ordinance  for  the  space  of  one  month 
from  the  time  of  its  passage,  and  the  common  council  shall  have 
caused  the  same  to  be  done  under  the  direction  and  superintend¬ 
ence  of  such  officer  or  officers,  or  person  or  persons,  as  they  may 

have  designated  for  that  purpose,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  offi¬ 

cer  or  officers,  or  person  or  persons,  to  file  with  the  city  clerk  the 
expense  thereof,  under  affidavit,  within  one  month  after  the  com¬ 
pletion  of  said  work  ;  and  for  every  day’s  delay  thereafter  in  filing 
the  same,  the  said  officer  or  officers,  person  or  persons,  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  to  the  city  the  sum  of  five  dollars,  to  be  sued  for  by  the 
treasurer  of  said  city,  when  directed  by  the  common  council,  in  an 
action  of  debt,  and  recover  with  costs  of  suit,  and  paid  into  the 
city  treasury. 

Repealed.  [9.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  common 
bij'made  of  °  council,  as  early  in  each  year  after  their  organization  as  conveni- 
and'expend8  ei^’  ar|d  before  they  proceed  to  pass  any  orders  for  the  payment 

itures,  Gf  money  or  to  incur  any  expense  on  behalf  of  the  city,  to  esti¬ 

mate  the  whole  amount  of  revenue  that  they  are  to  receive  during 
the  year,  from  taxation  or  other  sources,  and  which  is  not  set  apart 
for  specific  objects  by  act  of  legislature  or  ordinance  of  common 


TO  THE  CHARTER. 


25 


council,  and  thereupon  to  fix  and  determine  the  maximum  amount 
which  can  during  the  year  properly  be  appropriated  to  the  differ¬ 
ent  branches  of  city  expenditure,  classifying  said  expenditures  in 
as  much  detail  as  possible,  so  as  to  leave  as  small  a  portion  thereof 
as  may  be  for  undefined  and  miscellaneous  expenses;  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  common  council  to  keep  a  book,  in  which 
he  shall  credit  each  branch  of  expenditure  with  the  maximum 
amount  so  assigned  to  it;  and  when  any  order  for  the  payment  of 
money  is  passed  by  the  common  council,  they  shall  direct  to  which 
branch  of  expenditure  said  order  shall  be  charged 'by  the  clerk, 
and  he  shall  draw  no  order  unless  council  shall  have  made  such 
direction,  nor  shall  council  make  any  order  for  incurring  any  ex¬ 
pense  whatever  without  estimating  the  probable  expense,  and  di¬ 
recting  the  clerk  to  charge  the  amount  of  such  estimate  to  its  pro¬ 
per  branch;  if  subsequently  the  actual  expense  thereof  shall  be 
greater  or  less  than  the  estimate,  the  clerk  shall  charge  or  credit 
the  excess  or  deficiency  as  the  case  may  require  ;  orders  drawn 
by  the  clerk  for  salaries  of  officers  or  other  purposes,  by  virtue  of 
any  ordinance,  shall  be  charged  to  the  proper  branch  in  like  man¬ 
ner,  and  no  expenditure  shall  be  charged  to  any  other  than  its  pro¬ 
per  branch;  at  every  regular  monthly  meeting,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  clerk  to  report  to  council  the  amount  expended  and  unex¬ 
pended  in  each  branch,  to  the  end  that  council  may  be  kept  advised 
in  relation  to  the  state  of  said  account;  common  council  may,  from 
time  to  time,  increase  the  appropriation  to  any  branch  of  expendi¬ 
ture,  by  deducting  the  amount  so  increased  from  some  other  branch 
or  branches  ;  and  if,  in  the  course  of  the  year,  they  shall  find  that 
the  necessary  expenses  of  maintaining  the  poor  are  greater  than 
were  estimated,  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  take  from  such  other 
branches  of  expenditures  as  are  not  legally  binding  upon  the  city 
so  much  or  the  whole  of  the  unexpended  appropriation  therefor 
as  may  be  required  for  the  maintenance  of  the  poor  aforesaid;  and 
it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  council  to  incur  any  expense  that  shall 
exceed  in  any  branch  the  amount  so  fixed  and  appropriated.] 

10.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  if  in  any  year,  after  the  provision  Maintenance 
made  therefor  in  the  preceding  section,  the  expense  of  maintaining  1  J°" 
the  poor  shall  still  be  found  insufficient  for  the  purpose,  the  common 
council  may  borrow,  on  the  credit  of  the  city,  such  amount  as  may 

be  sufficient  therefor,  which  sum  shall  be  payable  out  of  the  next 
year’s  revenue. 

1 1.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  common  Salaries  of 
council  to  raise  or  diminish  the  salary  of  any  officer  to  take  effect  offiten,‘ 

c 


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SUPPLEMENTS 


Maps  of  tlie 
city  to  be 
made. 


City  survey¬ 
or  to  register 
names  of  lot 
owners. 


Commission¬ 
ers  to  affix 
valuation  on 
lots. 


during  the  term  for  which  said  officer  is  elected,  nor  shall  they  make 
any  extra  allowance  to  any  officer  for  services  rendered,  unless  the 
services  for  which  said  extra  allowance  is  made  be  particularly  set 
forth  in  the  resolution  making  such  allowance,  nor  unless  such  re¬ 
solution  shall  be  passed  by  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  members. 

12.  Repealed.  « 

13.  Repealed. 

14.  And  he  it  enacted ,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common 
council  to  cause  to  be  made  a  series  of  maps  embracing  the  whole 
city,  in  sections  of  convenient  size,  and  upon  such  a  scale  as  to  ad¬ 
mit  thereon  the  plotting  of  every  lot  in  said  city  ;  they  shall  cause 
a  notice  to  be  inserted  in  the  newspapers  of  said  city,  informing 
the  different  lot  owners  that  they  may  produce  their  titles  to  the 
person  employed  to  make  said  maps,  and  have  the  lots  described 
therein  plotted  on  said  maps  without  charge;  the  person  so  em¬ 
ployed  shall  make  said  maps  with  the  information  that  he  may 
thus  or  otherwise  acquire,  and  shall  number  or  letter  the  maps,  and 
each  lot  on  every  map;  when  said  maps  shall  have  been  completed, 
they  shall  be  reported  to  common  council,  and  if  approved  by  that 
body,  the  president  thereof  shall  endorse  that  fact,  with  his  signa¬ 
ture,  on  each  map  ;  they  shall  then  be  bound  in  suitable  binding, 
as  an  atlas,  and  be  called  the  city  atlas;  said  atlas  shall  be  renewed 
from  time  to  time,  and  the  alterations  made  therein,  as  herein  after 
provided,  incorporated  into  the  body  thereof  whenever  the  council 
shall  deem  it  expedient;  said  atlas,  as  v/ell  as  the  renewals  thereof, 
shall  be  deemed  public  records  of  the  city. 

15.  And  he  it  enacted ,  That  the  city  surveyor  shall  have  the  cus¬ 
tody  of  said  atlas,  and  he  shall  also  keep  a  book,  in  which  he  shall 
register  the  names  of  the  several  lot  owners,  as  far  as  he  can  ascer¬ 
tain  the  same;  and  whenever  thereafter  the  purchaser  or  seller  of 
any  lot  shall  desire  him  so  to  do,  and  present  to  him  the  deed  of 
conveyance,  he  shall  record  in  said  register  the  date  thereof,  and 
the  name  of  the  persons  by  and  to  whom  the  said  conveyance  was 
made;  and  when  part  of  a  lot  plotted  on  said  maps  shall  have  been 
conveyed,  it  shall  be  his  duty,  when  so  requested,  to  mark  on  said 
map,  in  different  colored  ink,  the  part  so  conveyed  ;  the  city  sur¬ 
veyor  shall  be  entitled  for  his  services  under  this  section,  from  the 
persons  applying  to  him  therefor,  to  such  fees  as  common  council 
may  from  time  to  time  fix  and  determine  by  ordinance. 

16.  And  he  it  enacted,  That  in  the  month  of  January,  after  said 
atlas  shall  have  been  so  made,  and  in  the  month  of  January,  in 
each  third  year  thereafter,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  common  council 


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27 


to  appoint  three  judicious  freeholders  of  said  city,  who  shall  serve 
without  compensation,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  affix  to  each  lot, 
and  each  subdivision  thereof,  as  the  same  stands  recorded  on  the 
city  atlas,  distinguishing  the  same  by  their  marks  or  numbers,  the 
fair  value  of  each  lot  or  subdivision,  as  in  their  opinion  the  same 
would  produce  if  sold  for  cash  free  of  encumbrance  at  sheriff’s 
sale;  when  they  shall  have  completed  such  valuation,  they  shall 
leave  the  same  with  the  city  surveyor  for  the  inspection  of  all  per¬ 
sons  interested  ;  such  valuers  shall  also  give  public  notice  thereof 
for  two  weeks  in  the  newspapers  printed  in  the  city,  in  which  no¬ 
tice  they  shall  set  a  time  and  place  at  which  they  will  attend  and 
hear  the  objections  any  person  may  desire  to  make  to  any  part  of 
said  valuation ;  after  hearing  said  objections,  and  altering  such 
parts  of  said  valuation  as  they  may  deem  proper,  said  valuers  shall 
affix  their  names  to  the  same,  which  shall  then  be  final  and  conclu¬ 
sive,  and  deposit  the  same  with  the  city  surveyor  for  safe  keeping. 

17.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  valuation  so  made  shall  be  Assessments 
adopted  by  the  assessors  of  the  several  wards  in  valuing  the  real  according  to 
estate  of  the  city  for  the  assessment  of  taxes  until  the  next  valua-  commSsion- 
tion  ;  but  if,  after  such  valuation,  any  subdivision  shall  be  made  ofer8, 

any  lot,  and  such  subdivision  shall  be  marked  on  said  atlas  as  afore¬ 
said,  said  subdivision  shall  be  assessed  separately,  and  shall  be 
valued  for  so  much  of  the  whole  valuation  as  its  superficial  area 
bears  to  the  superficial  area  of  the  whole  lot,  unless  the  parties  to 
the  conveyance  shall  have  filed  in  writing  with  the  city  surveyor 
an  agreement  fixing  the  proportion  of  the  tax  which  said  subdivi¬ 
sion  shall  pay  until  the  next  triennial  valuation. 

18.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  assessors  Assessors  to 

,  specify  num- 

of  the  several  wards  of  the  city  to  so  arrange  their  duplicates  asbersofiots 

.  ,  .  .  1  and  names 

to  specify  therein,  by  their  letters  and  numbers,  in  the  city  atlas,  of  owners, 

the  several  lots  or  subdivisions  of  lots  so  assessed,  with  the  valua¬ 
tion  thereof  and  the  amount  assessed  thereon,  and  the  name  of  the 
owner  or  owners,  as  shown  by  the  register  kept  by  the  city  sur¬ 
veyor,  to  the  end  that  each  lot  and  the  amount  assessed  upon  it  may 
be  clearly  ascertained  and  identified. 

19.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  no  deduction  shall  be  made  in  theNodeduc- 

,  . .  .  .  e  ,  '  v  tion  in  valu’ 

valuation  or  assessment  of  any  lot,  or  subdivision  ot  a  lot,  by  rea-  ation  of  lot 

son  of  any  mortgage,  judgment,  or  other  encumbrance  thereon,  0fencum» 
but  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  owner  of  such  lot  or  subdivision  brance* 
to  set  off  against  the  interest  due  upon  any  mortgage  thereon  a  pro¬ 
portion  of  the  tax  paid  on  said  lot  in  any  year  equal  to  the  propor¬ 
tion  that  said  mortgage  bears  to  the  value  of  the  premises  covered 


28 


SUPPLEMENTS 


Proviso.  by  said  mortgage ;  provided,  that  the  parties  interested  in  said 
mortgage  shall  be  allowed  to  make  such  agreement  relative  to  the 
payment  of  said  tax  as  they  may  see  proper. 

Assessments  20.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  all  assessments  upon  lot  owners  in 
made.  said  city,  which  may  be  made  for  the  opening,  widening,  or  alter¬ 
ing  of  streets  for  the  construction  of  sewers  or  for  any  other  pur¬ 
pose  authorized  or  to  be  authorized  by  law,  shall  be  made  upon 
the  lots,  or  subdivisions  of  lots,  as  they  stand  recorded  in  the  city 
atlas;  and  in  advertising  the  same  for  sale  for  such  assessment  or 
for  taxes,  it  shall  be  sufficient  to  describe  the  said  lots,  or  subdivi¬ 
sions  of  lots,  by  the  letters  and  numbers  by  which  they  are  distin¬ 
guished  in  said  city  atlas,  together  with  the  name  or  names  of  the 
owner  or  owners  thereof,  as  the  same  appear  in  the  register  kept 
by  the  city  surveyor. 

Each  lot  lia-  21.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  all  assessments  for  taxes  and  all  as- 
ble  for  whole  p  i  •  i 

assessment.  sessments  referred  to  m  the  preceding  section  shall  be  made  upon 
the  whole  lots,  or  subdivisions  thereof,  as  they  stand  at  the  time 
upon  the  city  atlas,  and  each  lot  or  subdivision  shall  be  liable  for 
the  whole  assessment  or  tax  thereon;  but  that  if  any  parts  of  the 
same  shall  have  been  sold,  and  such  transfer  not  entered  on  said 
atlas  and  register  as  aforesaid,  the  person  who  shall  have  paid  the 
assessment  01  tax  thereon  shall  have  the  right  to  recover  from  the 
other  parties  interested  his  or  their  proportion  of  said  assessment 
or  tax,  in  proportion  to  the  superficial  areas  of  the  different  parts 
thereof. 

22.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  clerk  of  said  city  shall  be  elected 
annually  by  the  common  council., 

23.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  any  provision  in  the  charter  of  said 
city,  or  in  any  of  the  supplements  thereto,  which  is  repugnant  to 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  be  and  the  same  is  to  that  extent 
hereby  repealed. 

24.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


Clerk  to  be 
elected  by 
council. 

Parts  of  for¬ 
mer  acts  re¬ 
pealed. 


TO  THE  CHARTER. 


29 


A  further  supplement  to  the  act  entitled,  “  An  act  to  in¬ 
corporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  the  seventh  day 
of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 

Approved  March  14,  1856. 

0 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the  Time  for  o- 

c,  °  r  pening  and 

State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  at  all  annual  and  other  elections  hereafter  closing  polls, 
held  in  said  city  for  city  or  ward  officers,  the  election  shall  open  at 
eight  o’clock  in  the  morning,  and  close  at  seven  o’clock  in  the  even- 
ing,  at  the  several  places  of  holding  the  same,  and  the  same  quali¬ 
fications  for  voters  shall  be  required  as  at  elections  for  state  and 
county  officers;  such  city  elections  shall  be  held  and  conducted  by 
the  same  officers  elected  at  the  last  preceding  annual  city  election, 
and  authorized  by  law  to  conduct  the  election  for  state  and  county 
officers ;  and  said  officers  shall  take  the  same  oath  or  affirma¬ 
tion,  and  conduct  such  elections,  and  make  returns  thereof,  in 
the  same  manner  as  township  officers  of  elections  are  or  may 
be  required  by  law  to  do,  and  shall  be  vested  with  the  same  pow¬ 
ers  and  authority,  entitled  to  the  same  compensation,  and  perform 
the  same  duties,  and  be  subject  to  the  same  penalties  as  the  like 
officers  of  the  townships  of  this  state  may  be  subject  to  ;  and  in 
case  of  the  absence,  death,  incompetency,  or  refusal  to  serve  at  any 
such  election,  such  vacancy  or  vacancies  shall  be  supplied  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  law  for  supplying  such  vacancies  of  the  town¬ 
ships  of  this  state. 

2.  A?id  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  Sueh  sums 

.  ,  to  be  raised 

common  council  of  said  city  to  order  and  cause  to  be  assessed  bytaxasmay 
.  .  be  deemed 

and  raised  by  tax,  from  year  to  year,  such  sum  or  sums  or  money  expedient. 

as  they  shall  deem  expedient  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  said  city, 

and  for  all  purposes  for  which  they  are  authorized  by  the  act  to 

which  this  is  a  further  supplement  to  raise  money,  to  be  assessed 

and  collected  in  such  manner  as  the  said  common  council  may  have 

heretofore  by  ordinance  directed,  or  shall  hereafter  by  ordinance 

direct,  which  taxes,  when  collected,  shall  be  paid  into  the  hands  Taxes  to  be 

_  _  .  .  .  iri  ’l  i)uid  over  to 

or  treasurer  of  the  said  city,  to  be  subject  to  the  order  of  the  said  city  treasur- 

0j* 

common  council  ;  prodded,  that  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  com¬ 
mon  council  to  raise  by  taxation  in  any  one  year,  in  the  general  as- 
sessment,  an  amount  of  money  that  shall  cause  a  greater  rate  on 
the  real  and  personal  estate  of  the  citizens  than  seventy  cents  to 
the  hundred  dollars,  unless  the  same  shall  be  approved  by  a  vote 


30 


SUPPLEMENTS 


of  the  citizens  at  a  special  election,  which  the  common  council  are 
hereby  authorized  to  order  to  be  holden. 

Parts  of cer-  3.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  sections  nine,  twelve,  and  thirteen  of 

tain  acts  re-  .  -  _ 

pealed.  an  act  entitled,  “  A  further  supplement  to  an  act  entitled,  an  act  to 
incorporate  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  the  seventh  day  of  March, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty-seven, 
which  further  supplement  was  approved  April  tenth,  eighteen 
hundred  and  fifty-five,  and  all  other  acts  and  parts  of  acts  incon¬ 
sistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


An  act  to  annex  part  of  the  township  of  Nottingham,  in 
the  county  of  Mercer,  to  the  city  of  Trenton,  and  the 
residue  thereof  to  the  township  of  Hamilton,  in  the  said 
county. 

Approved  March  G,  1856. 


Part  of  Not¬ 
tingham  an¬ 
nexed  to 
Trenton. 


Property, 
&c.,  vested 
in  inhabit¬ 
ants  of  Tren¬ 
ton. 


1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey ,  That  all  that  part  of  the  township  of  Notting¬ 
ham  which  lies  north  of  the  line  drawn  from  the  limekiln,  on  the 
Delaware  and  Raritan  canal,  along  the  foot  of  the  high  bank  west¬ 
erly,  to  the  Delaware  river,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  annexed  to 
and  made  a  part  of  said  city;  and  that  the  inhabitants  of  said  terri¬ 
tory,  and  their  successors  for  ever,  shall  be  members  of  the  corpo¬ 
ration  created  by  the  act  incorporating  said  city,  by  the  name,  style, 
and  title  of  “the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton;”  and  that; 
the  charter  of  said  city,  and  the  several  supplements  thereto,  and 
all  laws  passed  in  relation  to  said  city,  and  all  ordinances  heretofore 
passed  by  the  common  council  of  said  city,  shall  have  the  same  force 
and  effect  within  the  territory  hereby  annexed  as  they  have  here¬ 
tofore  had  and  now  rightfully  have  within  the  original  limits  of 
said  city. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted, ,  That  the  said  “  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City 
of  Trenton”  and  their  successor's  shall  by  this  act  become,  and 
they  are  hereby  declared  to  be  absolutely  and  completely  vested 
with  and  possess  and  enjoy  all  the  lands,  tenements,  hereditiments, 
property,  rights,  causes  of  action,  and  estate  whatsoever,  both  in  law 
and  equity,  in  possession,  reversion,  and  remainder,  which  at  the 


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time  this  act  shall  take  effect  may  be  vested  in  or  belong  to  “  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Township  of  Nottingham,  in  the  county  of  Mer¬ 
cer,”  in  their  corporate  capacity  as  now  incorporated,  according 
to  such  estate  and  interest  as  the  said  “  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
Township  of  Nottingham,  in  the  county  of  Mercer,”  at  the  time 
this  act  shall  take  effect  may  have,  or  of  right  ought  to  have,  in  the 
same  ;  provided ,  that  nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  affect  any  Proviso, 
suit  or  suits  now  pending  in  the  name  of  “  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
City  of  Trenton”  or  in  the  name  of  “  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town¬ 
ship  of  Nottingham,  in  the  county  of  Mercer.” 

3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  territory  hereby  annexed  to  the  Part  of  Not- 
city  of  Trenton  shall  constitute  one  ward  of  said  city,  to  be  called  nexed  to 
the  sixth  ward  ;  and  that  the  same  number  of  officers  now  required  6th ward, 
by  law  to  be  elected  in  the  several  wards  of  said  city,  except  mem- 

J  %  J  r  Sixth  ward 

bers  of  common  council,  shall  be  elected,  annually,  in  the  ward  to  remain 

’  J  .  part  of  third 

hereby  constituted  ;  provided,  that  said  sixth  ward  shall*  still  remain  Assembly 
and  constitute  a  part  of  the  third  Assembly  district  in  said  county  Mercer  co. 
of  Mercer. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  at  the  first  annual  ward  election  of  Number  of 
sa  id  ward  there  shall  be  elected,  besides  the  other  officers  electa- and  mem- 

ii  p  i  r  |  •  i  i  p  •  /lbtii  s  of  conn* 

ble,  tour  members  or  the  common  council ;  at  the  nrst  meeting  oiciito  be 
the  common  council  thereafter,  these  members  shall,  by  lot,  divide elcctctL 
themselves  into  two  equal  classes;  the  seats  of  the  first  class  shall 
be  vacated  at  the  end  of  the  first  year,  and  of  the  second  class  at 
the  end  of  the  second  year  ;  and  at  every  annual  ward  meeting 
thereafter,  said  ward  shall  choose  the  same  number  of  members  of 
council  as  the  other  wards  of  said  city. 

5.  And.  be  it  enacted,  That  the  annual  meetings  of  the  ward  h  ere- Ward  meet- 
by  created  shall  be  held  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner11'^' 

as  the  ward  meetings  of  the  other  wards  in  said  city  ;  the  first  an¬ 
nual  meeting  of  said  ward  shall  be  held  at  the  house  now  occupied 
by  Samuel  Crosley  ;  the  voters  who  attend  at  the  hour  appointed 
shall  choose  three  judges  and  a  clerk  of  the  first  election,  who  shall 
be  sworn  or  affirmed  faithfully  to  execute  their  offices  by  any  jus¬ 
tice  of  the  peace  ;  said  officers  shall  hold  said  election,  and  make 
returns  thereof  in  the  same  manner  as  is  required  by  law  of  other 
ward  election  officers. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  justice  of  the  peace  elected  in  justices  of 
the  said  township  of  Nottingham,  and  now  in  commission,  shall the peace* 
hold  his  office  until  his  term  shall  expire,  as  if  this  act  had  not  been 
passed  ;  at  the  expiration  of  said  term,  there  may  be  elected  in  the 

ward  hereby  created  two  justices  of  the  peace  ;  and  the  same  num- 


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SUPPLEMENTS 


Settlement 
of  paupers. 


Surplus  re¬ 
venue,  dis¬ 
posal  of. 


ber  of  justices  *nay  be  elected,  from  time  to  time,  until  tbe  number 
which  said  ward  may  be  entitled  to  shall  be  determined  according 
to  law  by  the  next  census  to  be  taken  by  the  general  government 
of  the  United  States. 

7.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  all  paupers  who  may  be  when  this 
act  shall  take  effect  chargeable  to  the  township  of  Nottingham, 
shall  thereafter  be  chargeable  and  supported  by  the  city  of  Tren¬ 
ton. 

8.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  so  much  of  the  surplus  revenue  of 
the  general  government  as  is  now  deposited  with  the  township  of 
Nottingham,  and  the  interest  due  thereon,  shall  be  paid  over,  and 
delivered  to  the  proper  officers  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  and  there¬ 
upon  said  township  of  Nottingham  shall  be  discharged  from,  and 
said  city  of  Trenton  shall  be  liable  for  said  surplus  revenue  ;  and 
the  said  citv  of  Trenton  shall  be  entitled  to  recover  and  collect,  in 
their  own  name,  any  investments  of  said  revenue  which  may  have 
been  made,  as  fully  as  the  township  of  Nottingham  might  have 
done  as  if  this  act  had  not  been  passed. 

That  part  of  9.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  so  much  of  the  township  of  Notting- 
not annexed  ^am  as  is  not  included  within  the  bounds  of  the  ward  hereby  cre- 
annexed0  ate(l  shall  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  annexed  to  and  made  a  part 
to  Hamilton.  township  of  Hamilton,  in  the  county  of  Mercer. 

Commission-  10.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  commissioners  appointed  to  take 

GrS  £q 

continue  in  acknowledgment  and  proof  of  deeds  in  and  for  said  township  of 

their  terms  Nottingham  shall  continue  in  office  until  their  respective  terms  shall 

empire.  expire,  and  all  their  acts,  as  such,  shall  be  as  legal  as  if  this  act  had 

Present  offi-  not  been  passed  :  and  all  township  officers  now  in  office  in  that  por- 
cersofNot-  ,  ]  . 

tingham to  tion  of  said  township  of  Nottingham  hereby  annexed  to  1  renton 
office  until  are  hereby  authorized  to  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  se- 

second  Mon-  .  .  .  . 

day  of  April,  con d  Monday  in  April  next. 

11.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  on  the  se¬ 
cond  Monday  in  April  next. 


An  act  respecting  public  schools  in  the  city  of  Trenton. 

Approved  March  10,  185G. 


City  to  con¬ 
stitute  one 
school  dis¬ 
trict. 


1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  That  the  whole  of  the  city  of  Trenton  shall 
constitute  one  school  district,  and  that  every  child  residing  in  said 


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33 


city  between  the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen  years  may  be  admitted  Ages  of  chii- 
to  the  public  schools  thereof,  upon  such  conditions  and  under  such  ted  to  school, 
regulations  as  the  superintendent  and  trustees  of  the  public  schools 
in  said  city  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That,  at  every  annual  election  for  city  offi-  Election  of 
cers  in  said  city,  there  shall  be  chosen  by  the  electors  of  said  city  unttTu1' 
one  superintendent  of  public  schools,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for 

one  year. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  at  the  next  annual  ward  election  in  Trustees  to 
said  city,  there  shall  be  chosen  by  the  electors  of  each  ward  two  and  term  of 
trustees  of  publfc  schools,  one  for  one  year  and  the  other  for  two  °lhte* 
years  ;  and  at  every  annual  ward  election  thereafter  there  shall  be 
chosen  by  the  electors  of  each  ward  one  trustee  of  public  schools 

for  the  Jerm  of  two  years  ;  the  superintendent,  together  with  the 
trustees,  shall  have  the  control,  regulation,  and  management  of  the 
public  schools  in  said  city. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk,  Clerk  to  no- 
within  ten  days  after  every  election,  to  notify  the  superintendent otaheirelec- 
and  trustees  of  their  election,  and  to  report  to  the  state  superin-11  ^ 
tendent  the  name  of  the  city  superintendent. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  said  superintendent  shall,  within  Superintend- 
thirty  days  after  notice  of  his  election,  and  before  entering  upon  bond? §Ue 
the  discharge  of  his  duties,  enter  into  a  bond,  in  such  sum  and  with 

such  sureties  as  the  common  council  of  said  city  may  approve,  to 
the  inhabitants  of  said  city,  in  their  corporate  name,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties,  and  for  the  delivery  by 
him  of  all  books  and  other  property  or  assets,  and  the  payment  of 
all  money  in  his  hands  as  such  officer,  to  his  successor  in  office 
within  ten  days  after  said  successor  shall  have  entered  on  the  dis¬ 
charge  of  his  duties. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  superin-  Superintend- 
tendent  to  draw  for  and  receive  from  the  county  collector,  who  is fora^fre^ 
hereby  authorized  and  required  to  pay  the  same,  all  moneys  ap-  neysVrom 
propriated  by  the  board  of  chosen  freeholders  to  the  use  of  pub-  ward^oiiect- 
lie  schools  in  said  city  ;  and  the  city  collectors  are  hereby  authorized 
and  required  to  pay  over  to  the  said  superintendent,  out  of  the  first 
moneys  by  them  collected,  such  sums  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
directed  to  be  raised  in  said  city  for  school  purposes,  as  herein  after 
provided,  for  which  payments  said  superintendent’s  receipt  shall  be 
their  sufficient  voucher. 

7.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  said  trustees  shall  elect  one  of  their 


ors. 


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SUPPLEMENTS 


Trustees  to 
elect  a  presi¬ 
dent  and  se¬ 
cretary. 

Superintend' 
ent  not  to 
pay  money 
out,  except 
upon  order, 
&c. 


Proviso. 


Superintend¬ 
ent  and  trus¬ 
tees  to  visit 
schools,  &c. 


Superintend¬ 
ent  and  trus¬ 
tees  to  ex¬ 
amine  and 
license  teach¬ 
ers. 


Superintend¬ 
ent  to  pre¬ 
sent  annual 
account,  &c. 


number  to  be  president,  who  shall  preside  at  their  meetings,  and 
one  of  their  number  to  be  secretary,  who  shall  keep  their  minutes. 

8.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  said  superintendent  shall  pay 
over  no  money  received  by  him  for  the  use  of  the  public  schools 
of  said  city,  except  upon  an  order  directed  by  the  board  of  trus¬ 
tees,  and  signed  by  their  president,  which  order  shall  state  the 
purposes  for  which  it  is  given,  and  be  made  payable  to  the  order 
of  the  person  entitled  to  receive  the  money,  and  be  endorsed  by 
him  or  her;  j 'provided. ,  that  no  order  shall  be  drawn  unless  voted  for 
by  a  majority  of  the  members  present  at  the  meeting  by  which  it 
may  be  authorized. 

9.  And  *be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superin¬ 
tendent  and  trustees  to  visit  every  public  school  under  their  charge 
at  least  once  in  every  quarter,  to  examine  into  the  condition  of  the 
same,  and  to  advise  and  consult  with  the  teachers  ;  and  they  shall 
cause  the  result  of  such  visit  to  be  entered  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for 
that  purpose  in  each  school ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  super¬ 
intendent  to  make  out  a  report  in  writing,  and  transmit  the  same 
to  the  state  superintendent,  of  common  schools  on  or  before  the 
fifteenth  day  of  December  in  each  year,  of  the  state  and  condition 
of  the  public  schools  of  said  city,  the  number  of  scholars  taught 
therein,  the  terms  of  tuition,  the  length  of  time  the  schools  have 
been  open,  the  amount  of  money  received  by  him,  and  the  manner 
in  which  it  has  been  appropriated  and  expended,  together  with  such 
other  information  as  he  may  think  necessary,  or  as  may  be  desired 
by  the  state  superintendent  or  directed  by  any  act  of  the  legis¬ 
lature. 

10.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  all  the  power  and  authority  given 
or  to  be  given  to  town  superintendents  and  trustees  by  any  act  of 
the  legislature  in  relation  to  the  examining  and  licensing  of  teachers, 
shall  be  possessed  by  the  superintendent  and  trustees  of  public 
schools  of  said  city. 

11.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  annually,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth 
day  of  March,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  to  present 
his  account  for  the  past  year,  with  the  vouchers  in  support  thereof, 
to  the  trustees,  who  shall  thereupon  proceed  to  audit  and  settle  the 
same,  and  ascertain  the  balance  due  to  or  from  said  superintendent ; 
and  said  trustees  shall  report  said  account  forthwith  to  the  com¬ 
mon  council,  who  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  published  with  their 
annual  statement  of  the  city  finances  :  accompanying  said  account, 
the  superintendent  and  trustees  shall  also  send  to  the  common  coun¬ 
cil  estimates  of  the  amount  of  money  which  in  their  opinion  it  will 


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35 


be  desirable  to  raise  by  tax  for  the  support  of  public  schools  in  said 
city  the  ensuing  year;  which  estimates,  together  with  said  account, 
shall  be  immediately  thereafter  published  in  two  of  the  newspapers 
printed  in  said  city. 

12.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Tren- 
tcm  may,  at  their  annual  ward  meetings  hereafter  to  be  held,  order 
to  be  raised  by  tax  any  sum  of  money  for  the  support  of  public 
schools  therein  that  they  may  think  proper  ;  at  such  meetings  every 
voter  may  indicate  upon  his  ticket  the  amount  he  desires  to  be 
so  raised  ;  the  votes  shall  be  counted  by  the  election  officers,  and 
the  amount  of  money  for  which  the  largest  number  of  votes  shall 
have  been  given  shall  be  immediately  thereafter  certified  by  the 
ward  clerks  to  the  common  council,  who  shall  add  the  amount  so 
determined  to  the  sum  which  they  may  order  to  be  raised  for  other 
city  purposes,  which  amount,  as  collected,  shall  be  paid  over  by 
the  collecting  officers  to  the  superintendent  of  public  schools,  as 
herein  before  provided. 

13.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  whenever  and  so  often  as  the  said 
superintendent  and  trustees  of  public  schools  shall  deem  it  expe¬ 
dient  to  raise  money  by  tax  or  loan  to  purchase  land,  and  erect 
school  houses  thereon,  they  may,  with  their  annual  estimates  pro¬ 
vided  for  in  the  eleventh  section  of  this  act,  recommend  the  raisins, 
by  tax  or  loan  as  they  may  think  best,  of  such  a  sum  as  will  in 
their  opinion  be  requisite  to  effect  the  object  proposed;  and  there¬ 
upon  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  common  council  to  submit  said 
recommendation  to  the  decision  of  the  citizens  at  the  next  city  elec¬ 
tion,  and  to  provide  for  counting  the  votes  for  and  against  the  same, 
and  for  certifying  the  result  of  such  election  back  to  the  common 
council ;  and  if  a  majority  of  the  votes  polled  at  such  election  for  and 
against  such  recommendation  shall  be  in  favor  thereof,  then  if  said 
result  be  in  favor  of  raising  said  money  by  tax,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  said  common  council  to  add  the  amount  so  voted  to  be  raised 
to  the  sum  they  may  order  to  be  raised  by  tax  for  other  city  pur¬ 
poses  for  that  year,  and  said  money,  when  collected,  shall  be  paid 
over  by  the  collecting  officers  of  said  city  to  the  superintendent  of 
of  public  schools,  and  if  said  result  shall  be  in  favor  of  raising 
said  money  by  loan,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  common  council  to 
borrow  the  amount  on  the  credit  of  tlie  city,  on  the  best  terms 
upon  which  they  can  procure  the  same,  and  to  issue  bonds  therefor, 
which  bonds  shall  not  be  liable  to  any  tax  that  may  be  levied  by  the 
common  council  of  said  city,  and  thereafter  to  provide  annually, 
by  taxation,  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  and  the  extinguish- 


Mode  of  rais¬ 
ing  money 
by  tax. 


Authority 
to  raise  mo¬ 
ney  by  tax 
or  loan  for 
school  hous¬ 
es,  <fec. 


V 


36 


SUPPLEMENTS,  ETC. 


irtent  of  at  least  one-tenth  of  the  principal  of  said  loan;  and  said 
money,  when  so  borrowed,  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  said  superin¬ 
tendent  of  public  schools. 

Superintend-  14.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  superintendent  and  trustees  of 
tees? their1 'P11^^0  schools  to  be  elected  by  virtue  of  this  act,  and  their  suc¬ 
cessors  in  office,  shall  be  and  they  are  hereby  constituted  a  body 
politic  and  corporate,  by  the  name  of  “  the  Superintendent  and 
Trustees  of  Public  Schools  of  the  City  of  Trenton,’’  and  may  pur¬ 
chase  and  hold,  in  their  corporate  name  as  aforesaid,  such  real  estate 
as  may  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  this  act,  and  may  erect  pub¬ 
lic  school  houses  thereon,  and,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  common 
council  of  said  city,  may  sell  or  exchange  the  same,  as  may  best 
promote  the  purpose  designed  by  this  act;  they  may  also  take  and 
hold,  in  their  corporate  name  aforesaid,  such  estates,  real,  personal, 
or  mixed,  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  conveyed  to  them  by  gift, 
grant,  devise,  or  any  other  lawful  mode,  for  the  purpose  of  promo¬ 
ting  the  cause  of  public  education  in  said  city,  and  may  execute 
any  trust  having  such  object  in  view,  upon  which  said  conveyance, 
or  any  of  them,  may  be  made;  and  they  may  so  use  the  rents,  is¬ 
sues,  and  profits  of  such  estates  as  to  promote  the  cause  of  public 
education  in  said  city. 

Penalties  for  15.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  for  neglecting  to  make  to  the  state 
ftiefflect  on  .  ^ 

part  of  su-  superintendent  the  report  required  by  the  ninth  section  of  this  act, 

Sperintendent  ,  .  .  ,  .. 

the  city  superintendent  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars, 
and  for  neglecting  to  present  his  annual  account  to  the  trustees,  as 
required  by  the  eleventh  section  of  this  act,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  which  said  penalties,  with  costs  of  suit, 
may  be  sued  for  and  recovered  by  the  common  council,  in  the  cor¬ 
porate  name  of  the  city,  before  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction, 
and  shall,  when  recovered,  be  applied  to  the  support  of  public 
schools  in  said  city  ;  provided ,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  pre¬ 
vent  a  prosecution  and  recovery  upon  the  official  bond  of  said 
superintendent. 

16.  And  be  it  enacted ,  lhat  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent 
with  this  act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

17.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  this  act% shall  take  effect  immediately. 


ADDITIONAL  ORDINANCES 


OF  THE 

CITY  OF  TRENTON. 


An  ordinance  to  cliange  tlie  name  of  Second  street,  in  tlie 
city  of  Trenton,  to  that  of  State  street,  and  also  to  cause 
the  streets  and  dwellings  in  said  city  to  he  marked  and 
numbered. 

Passed  August  2,  1847. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  j  .  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  the  street  ^me  of  st. 
heretofore  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Second  street  shall 
hereafter  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  State  street,  and  all 
that  part  of  said  Second  street  heretofore  called  East  Second  street 
shall  hereafter  be  known  and  named  East  State  street,  and  all  that 
part  of  said  Second  street  formerly  called  West  Second  street 
shall  hereafter  be  known  and  named  West  State  street. 

Sec  II.  That  it  shall  hereafter  be  the  duty  of  the  street  committee  Namesofsts. 
to  have  placed  at  the  corners  of  the  streets  in  this  city  the  names  ot  on  corners, 
the  different  streets,  in  such  situations  as  they,  or  a  majority  of  them, 
may  deem  best. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  owners  of  property  in  this  city  shall  hereafter  be  Houses  to  be 

11  it  •  r  i  numbered. 

compelled  to  number  their  houses  according  to  the  directions  or  the 
street  committee;  and  when  the  owner  or  owners  of  dwellings  shall 
not  reside  in  the  city  of  Trenton,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the 
occupant  or  tenant  of  any  such  dwelling  to  number  the  same,  and 

D 


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STREETS. 


Penalty. 


Locomo¬ 
tives  not  to 
be  stopped 
"on  any  st. 


Penalty. 


Boxes,  &c., 
not  to  be 
placed  on 
sidewalks. 


Proviso. 


deduct  the  necessary  costs  out  of  the  rent*  and  all  owners  of 
tenants  of  property  failing  to  comply  with  the  requisites  of  this 
section,  after  thirty  days’  notice  given  by  either  of  the  street  com¬ 
mittee,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  three  dollars  penalty,  and  a 
further  sum  of  fifty  cents  for  every  month  the  said  house  shall  re¬ 
main  unnumbered. 

Sec.  IV.  That  all  ordinances  heretofore  passed,  and  coming 
within  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  concerning  the  streets,  the 
duty  of  the  street  committee  and  street  commissioner. 

Passed  September  6,  1847. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  November  next,  it 
shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  railroad  company  or  any  other  com- 
pany,  or  their  agent  or  agents,  engineer  or  engineers,  firemen, 
workmen,  laborers,  or  servants,  to  stop  any  locomotive  engine, 
railroad  car,  or  train,  so  that  the  same  shall  stand  across  any  public 
street  in  the  city  of  Trenton,  or  to  permit  or  suffer  any  such  loco¬ 
motive  engine,  railroad  car,  or  trains,  to  stand  on  or  across  said 
street,  or  any  part  thereof;  and  any  person  or  persons,  body  poli¬ 
tic  or  corporate,  offending  against  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  con¬ 
viction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  for  each 
offence,  one-half  to  the  treasurer  of  the  city,  to  the  use  of  the  city, 
the  other  half  to  the  informer. 

Sec.  II.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  put,  place,  pile,  or  cause 
to  be  put,  placed,  or  piled,  any  boxes,  barrels,  crates,  casks,  hogs¬ 
heads,  bricks,  boards,  stones,  scantling,  plank,  timber,  earth,  gravel, 
sand,  lime,  ashes,  coal,  wood,  or  other  materials,  on  any  of  the  foot¬ 
ways  or  sidewalks  of  any  of  the  public  streets  in  the  city  of  Tren¬ 
ton,  and  suffer  the  same  to  remain  there  for  a  longer  space  of  time 
than  [twenty]  four  hours,  unless  permission  be  first  had  and  ob-  * 
tained  from  the  street  committee,  he,  she,  or  they  so  offending 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  eight  dollars  ;  provided,  that  this 
section  shall  not  apply  to  any  steps,  porches,  or  carriage  stones 


STREETS. 


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which  may  have  been  heretofore  made,  built,  erected,  or  placed  on 
the  said  sidewalks. 

Sec.  III.  That  if  any  person  shall  dig  any  hole  or  pit  in  any  of  the  No  hole  or 
sidewalks,  or  in  any  of  the  public  streets,  and  suffer  the  same  to  open  morem 
remain  open  for  a  longer  space  of  time  than  twenty-four  hours, four  hoursy* 
without  permission  be  first  had  and  obtained  of  the  street  commit¬ 
tee,  he,  she,  or  they  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of 
eight  dollars. 

Sec.  IV.  That  if  any  person  shall  diar  any  hole  or  pit  in  any  of  Bricks,  &c., 
i  r  i  ii  /.  ,  •  .  ,  .  Hot  to  belaid 

the  public  streets,  lanes,  or  alleys  or  this  city,  or  tear  up  any  or  the  in  streets. 

pavements,  or  pile  up,  heap  up  any  loam,  dirt,  gravel,  stones, 
bricks,  boards,  scantling,  or  other  materials,  on  any  of  the  said 
public  streets,  lanes,  or  alleys,  so  as  to  obstruct  or  in  any  manner 
interrupt  the  free  passage  of  any  person  carting  or  travelling  in 
such  public  street,  lane,  or  alley,  and  shall  suffer  the  said  obstruc¬ 
tion  to  remain  in  said  public  street,  lane,  or  alley  more  than 
[twenty]  four  hours,  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  eight  dollars. 

Sec.  V.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  erect,  put,  or  place,  Porches  not 
or  cause  to  be  put  or  placed,  any  porch,  stoop,  stairs,  or  steps  in  or  over  5J feet, 
upon  the  public  sidewalk,  so  that  the  same  shall  extend  or  project 
into  the  said  public  sidewalk  more  than  five  feet,  he,  she,  or  they 
so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars;  and  that 
so  much  of  the  twelfth  section  of  the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  a 
supplement  as  conflicts  with  this  ordinance  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  repealed. 

See  ordinance  concerning  streets  and  sidewalks,  passed  July  17,  1848. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  A  supplement  to 
an  ordinance  concerning  the  streets,  the  duty  of  the 
street  committee  and  street  commissioner.” 

Passed  October  4,  1847. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  e?iacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  second,  third,  fourth,  and  fifth  sections  of  the  when  cer- 
ordinance  to  which  this  is  a  supplement  shall  go  into  effect  imme-  totakceffecn 

diately. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  word  “  twenty,”  in  the  second  and  in  the 


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STREETS. 


Additional 

penalty. 


Foot  pave¬ 
ments  to  be 
widened. 


See  ordi¬ 
nance  con¬ 
cerning  sts., 
July  17, 1848. 


fourth  sections  of  the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  a  supplement,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  stricken  out,  and  that  the  following  be 
added  to  said  fourth  section,  viz.  “  and  a  further  sum  of  eight  dol¬ 
lars  for  every  twenty-four  hours  such  obstruction  may  remain.” 


An  ordinance  to  widen  tlie  pavements  in  that  part  of  East 
State  street  that  lies  between  the  corner  of  Montgomery 
street  and  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Passed  December  6,  1847. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  or  occupants  of  the  property  on  the 
north  side  of  East  State  street,  between  Montgomery  street  and 
'the  Presbyterian  church,  be  notified  and  directed  to  have  the  foot 
pavements  of  the  same  widened  under  the  direction  of  the  street 
committee,  in  such  manner  that  said  pavements  shall  correspond 
with  the  pavement  in  front  of  the  property  of  George  Dill,  at  the 
corner  of  Montgomery  street. 

Sec.  II.  That  this  act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately. 


% 


An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  repaving  of  the  footways  or 
sidewalks  in  the  city  of  Trenton. 

Passed  December  13,  1847. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  whenever  any  pavement  or  curbstones  which  have 
been,  or  may  hereafter  be  fixed  and  laid,  shall  become  moved  out 
or  broken  up,  or  otherwise  out  of  order,  the  owner  or  owners,  ten¬ 
ant  or  agent,  of  any  house  or  lot  before  which  such  pavement  or 
curbstones  may  be,  shall  have  the  same  immediately  relaid  or  re¬ 
paired. 


( 


STREETS. 


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Sec.  II.  That  in  case  of  the  refusal  or  neglect  of  any  of  the  own-  Penalty  for 
ers,  tenants,  or  agents  of  any  property  named  in  the  first  section 
of  this  ordinance  for  the  space  of  five  days  after  notice  in  writing 
given  by  any  one  of  the  street  committee  to  him  or  them  to  repave, 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  street  committee  to  repave  the  same  at  the 
expense  of  the  city,  keeping  a  just  and  true  account  of  the  ex¬ 
penses  thereof,  adding  thereto  ten  per  cent. ;  and  they  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority,  in  the  name  of  the  city  treasurer,  to  sue 
for  and  recover  the  said  expense  from  the  said  owner  or  owners  as 
aforesaid  in  an  action  of  debt,  to  be  brought  before  any  of  the  aider- 
men  of  this  city  or  any  justice  of  the  peace  or  court  having  cogni¬ 
zance  thereof. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  thirty-first  section  of  the  ordinance  concerning  Partoffor- 

the  streets,  passed  March  seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-two,  nance  re- 

1  1  1  -1  u  11  Pealed, 

be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  IV.  That  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  the  passage  thereof. 


An  ordinance  concerning  the  streets  and  sidewalks  of  the 

city  of  Trenton. 

Passed  July  17,  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  if  any  person  shall  put  or  place  any  brick,  stone,  streets  not 
earth,  sand,  gravel,  lime,  boards,  plank,  lumber,  timber,  shingles,  herewith1 
slate,  or  other  articles  or  materials  for  building,  upon  any  part  0flumber> lfcL- 
the  streets,  alleys,  footways,  sidewalks,  pavements,  crossings,  gut¬ 
ters,  drains,  or  sewers  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  or  cause  it  to  be 
done,  or  knowingly  permit  it  to  be  done,  or  suffer  it  so  there  to  re¬ 
main  for  a  longer  space  of  time  than  four  hours,  without  permission 
in  writing  being  first  had  and  obtained  from  the  mayor,  specifying 
the  position,  extent,  time,  and  mode  of  occupation,  (such  occupa¬ 
tion  in  no  case  to  exceed  one  half  the  width  of  the  street)  every 
person  offending  in  the  premises  shall,  for  each  and  every  such 
offence,  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  use  of  the  city  any  sum  not  exceed¬ 
ing  eight  dollars,  and  a  further  sum  of  two  dollars  for  every  twenty- Penalty, 
four  hours  the  same  shall  so  thereafter  remain. 


42 


STREETS. 


Sec.  IF.  That  if  any  person  shall  put  or  place  any  pTougfer 


Merchan¬ 
dise,  &c.,not  _  .  .  .  ^  . 

pendedUover  wbeelbarrow’  stove’  box’  barrel>  cask,  hogshead,  crate,  scythe, 

pavements,  rake,  pitchfork,  spade,  shovel,  saw,  or  other  wares,  merchandise, 


or  clothing,  or  other  articles  of  trade  or  sale  upon,  or  suspend  any 
ol  the  same  over  any  part  of  the  streets,  alleys,  footways,  side¬ 
walks,  pavements,  or  crossings  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  or  cause  it 
to  be  done,  or  knowingly  permit  it  to  be  done,  or  suffer  it  so  there 
to  remain  for  a  longer  space  of  time  than  four  hours,  every  person 
offending  in  the  premises  shall,  for  each  and  every  such  offence, 
forfeit  and  pay  to  the  use  of  the  city  any  sum  not  exceeding  eight 
dollars;  'provided ,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  space  within 
four  feet  of  the  front  line  of  any  dwelling  house,  shop,  or  other 
building  or  lot,  if  appropriated  and  used  by  the  owner  or  occupant 
thereof. 

Sec.  III.  I  hat  if  any  person  shall  put,  place,  or  throw  any  brick, 

on  streetT or  S*’0ne’  eai^]’  sa,uk  gravel,  lumber,  wood,  coal  ashes,  chips,  shavings, 
sidewalks,  leather,  cloth,  hair  scraps,  vegetables,  refuse,  or  other  article  what¬ 
soever,  upon  any  part  of  the  streets,  alleys,  footways,  sidewalks, 
pavements,  crossings,  gutters,  drains,  or  sewers  of  the  city  of 
Trenton  (except  as  is  herein  above  excepted  and  provided  for  in 
the  fiist  section  of  this  ordinance),  or  cause  it  to  be  done,  or  know- 
ingly  permit  it  to  be  done,  or  suffer  it  so  there  to  remain  for  a 
longer  space  of  time  titan  four  hours,  every  person  offending-  in  the 
premises  shall,  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  forfeit  and  pay  to 
the  use  of  the  city  any  sum  not  exceeding  four  dollars,  and  a  fur¬ 
ther  sum  of  one  dollar  for  every  hour  the  same  shall  so  thereafter 
remain. 


Proviso. 


Coal  ashes, 
&c.,  not  to 


be0dugn£f t0  Sec-  IV-  That  if  any  person  shall  dig  any  hole  or  pit  in  any  part 
streets,  &C.  0f  the  streets,  alleys,  or  sidewalks,  or  tear  up,  break,  or  remove 

any  part  of  the  pavement,  sidewalks,  or  crossings,  streets,  or  alleys 
of  the  city  of  Trenton,  or  cast,  pile,  or  heap  up,  on  or  in  the  same, 
any  loam,  dirt,  gravel,  sand,  lime,  brick,  stone,  lumber,  wood,  coal, 
chips,  ashes,  or  other  article  or  refuse  of  any  kind,  or  cause  it  to  be 
done  or  knowingly  permit  it  to  be  done,  or  suffer  it  so  there  to  re¬ 
main  for  a  longer  space  of  time  than  four  hours,  (without  permis¬ 
sion  in  writing,  as  herein  before  provided  for,)  or  in  any  other 
manner  whatsoever,  at  any  time,  obstruct,  delay,  or  hinder  or  in¬ 
terrupt  the  free  passage  of  any  person  walking,  riding,  carting,  or 
having  occasion  to  pass  and  use  the  same,  every  person  offending 
in  the  premises  shall,  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  forfeit  and 
pay  to  the  use  of  the  city  any  sum  not  exceeding  eight  dollars; 
proviso.  provided ,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 


STREETS. 


43 


prevent  the  action  of  the  street  committee  in  any  repairs,  altera¬ 
tions,  or  improvements  authorized  by  the  common  council  of  the 
city,  or  requisite  and  necessary  for  the  introduction  and  repairs  of 
water  pipes. 

Sec.  V.  That  if  any  person  shall  erect,  put,  or  place,  or  cause  Torches  re> 

,  .  ,  .  -gulated. 

to  be  erected,  any  porch,  stoop,  stones,  or  steps,  in  or  upon  any  or 
the  sidewalks  in  any  of  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  extend¬ 
ing  or  projecting  from  the  house  or  other  building  more  than  five- 
twelfths  of  the  width  of  the  sidewalk,  every  person  offending  in  the 
premises  shall,  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  forfeit  and  pay  to 
the  use  of  the  city  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  and  a  fur¬ 
ther  sum  of  five  dollars  for  every  twenty-four  hours  the  same  shall 
so  remain  and  continue  after  conviction  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  VI.  That  whenever  any  curbstone  or  pavement  along  or  Broken 

*  .  r  1  °  curbs  and 

upon  any  of  the  sidewalks  of  the  city  of  Trenton  shall  become  d is-  pavements 
placed  or  broken,  or  worn,  or  otherwise  out  of  order  and  needing  ed  on  six 

.  ,  .  days’  notice. 

repair,  tne  owner  or  owners,  tenant  or  occupant,  of  any  house, 
shop,  or  lot,  in  front  or  upon  which  such  curbstone  or  pavement 
may  be,  shall  have  the  same  relaid  and  repaired,  as  may  be  re¬ 
quired,  upon  six  days’  notice  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of 
the  city,  under  a  penalty  or  forfeiture  of  two  dollars  for  every  seven 
days’  neglect  or  omission. 

Sec.  VII.  That  if  any  person  offending  in  any  of  the  premises  Penalty  for 

"  1  °  #  J  1  infringing 

aforesaid  shall  be  thereof  convicted  upon  view  of  the  mayor,  re- this  ordi- 
corder,  or  either  of  the  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  or  con¬ 
fession  of  the  party  offending,  or  proof  of  any  witness,  upon  oath 
or  affirmation,  the  said  mayor,  recorder,  or  alderman  before  whom 
such  conviction  may  be  had  shall  direct  and  send  his  warrant,  un¬ 
der  his  hand  and  seal,  to  the  marshal  or  other  officer  of  the  city 
authorized  to  execute  the  same,  commanding  him  to  levy  the  said 
forfeiture  or  penalty  by  distress  and  sale  of  the  goods  and  chattels 
of  such  offender,  with  the  costs,  and  to  pay  the  money  thereon 
arising  to  the  treasurer,  for  the  use  of  the  city. 

Sec.  VIII.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  heretofore 
enacted  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


nance. 


44 


STREETS. 


An  ordinance  authorizing  the  widening  of  the  sidewalks 
on  the  south  side  of  State  street,  from  Montgomery  street 
to  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  canal. 

Passed  September  4,  1348. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Foment  tx,  Sec.  I.  That  the  owners,  occupants,  or  agents  of  the  property 
feet  wide,  on  the  south  side  of  that  part  of  State  street  lying  between  Mont¬ 
gomery  street  and  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  canal,  be  notified 
and  directed,  by  the  street  committee,  to  have  the  foot  pavement 
of  the  same  widened  and  relaid  to  the  width  of  twelve  feet, 
neglect  f°r  Sec.  II.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  designated  in  the  fore¬ 
going  section  shall  neglect  or  refuse  for  the  space  of  thirty  days  to 
widen,  or  cause  to  be  widened,  the  pavement  or  pavements  in  front 
of  their  property  in  said  street,  as  above  specified,  such  person  or 
persons  so  offending  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  the 
mayor,  recorder,  or  either  of  the  aldermen  of  the  said  city,  forfeit 
and  pay,  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
dollars. 


An  ordinance  to  vacate  a  street,  formerly  known  as  the 
“  road  leading  to  Beatty’s  ferry.” 

Passed  February  17,  1856. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
T>  enton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled \  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  aftei  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  all  that  certain  street  in 
the  city  of  Trenton,  beginning  at  the  old  ferry  formerly  known  as 

Beatty  s  feiry,  and  ending  in  Calhoun’s  lane,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  vacated. 


STREETS. 


45 


An  ordinance  to  rectify  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordi¬ 
nance  to  vacate  a  street,  formerly  known  as  the  road 
leading  to  Beatty’s  ferry,”  passed  seventeenth  February, 
eighteen  hundred  and  forty-nine. 

Passed  June  13,  1849. 

Whereas,  in  the  ordinance  above  referred  to,  the  name  of  “  Beat¬ 
ty’s  ferry”  is  used  by  mistake,  instead  of  “  Rutherford’s  ferry,” 
therefore — 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  wherever,  in  the  said  ordinance,  the  name  of  “  Beatty’s 
ferry”  occurs,  the  same  shall  be  expunged,  and  the  name  of 
“  Rutherford’s  ferry”  inserted  in  the  place  thereof. 


An  ordinance  to  vacate  part  of  a  road  or  street,  commonly 

called  West  Canal  street. 

Passed  July  13,  1849. 

Whereas,  a  road  or  street,  commonly  called  West  Canal  street, 
was  several  years  ago  laid  out  on  the  west  side  of  the  canal,  in 
the  city  of  Trenton,  and  many  citizens  having  petitioned  that  a 
part  of  said  road  or  street  lying  south  of  State  street,  which  has 
never  been  opened,  may  be  vacated,  therefore — 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  all  that  part  of  the  said  road  or  street,  formerly  laid  out  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  canal,  in  the  city  of 
Trenton,  situate  between  and  extending  from  State  street,  on  the 
north,  to  Front  street,  on  the  south,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
vacated. 


STREETS. 


An  ordinance  to  vacate  part  of  the  street  commonly  called 

West  Canal  street. 

Passed  December  3,  1849. 

Be  tt  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  sam.e — 

That  that  part  of  the  street  commonly  called  West  Canal  street, 
which  lies  between  Front  street  and  the  Assanpink  creek,  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  vacated. 


An  ordinance  to  vacate  a  part  of  West  Canal  street,  be¬ 
tween  Perry  and  Academy  streets. 

Passed  January  26,  1850. 

Preamble.  Whereas  the  owners  of  the  lands  lying  on  the  west  side  of  the 
canal  between  Perry  and  Academy  streets,  have  represented 
that  they  contemplate  the  construction  of  a  large  basin  thereon 
for  the  accommodation  of  boats  and  vessels,  and  have  asked,  as 
a  means  of  facilitating  said  object,  that  that  part  of  the  street, 
commonly  called  West  Canal  street,  which  is  between  said  Perry 
and  Academy  streets,  may  be  vacated;  and  whereas  the  common 
council,  being  fully  impressed  with  the  importance  of  promot¬ 
ing  the  prosperity  of  the  city,  by  increasing  its  means  of  trade 
and  commerce,  although  unwilling  to  vacate  the  whole  of  said 
street,  as  asked  for,  are  nevertheless  desirous  to  encourage  the 
object  proposed  as  far  as  they  can  with  just  regard  to  the  rights 
and  interests  of  others — therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

whatpartof  Sec.  I.  That  so  much  of  said  West  Canal  street  between  Perry 
ed.  and  Academy  streets  as  lies  on  the  west  side  of  the  following  line, 

viz.  beginning  in  said  West  Canal  street,  thirty  feet  from  the  west 
side  thereof,  at  a  point  which  is  in  range  with  the  north  side  of 
Academy  street,  and  running  thence,  the  course  of  said  West  Canal 
street,  to  a  point  eighty  feet  short  of  Perry  street,  and  thence  such 
course  as  will  strike  the  present  point  of  intersection  of  the  west 


STREETS. 


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side  of  said  West  Canal  street  and  the  south  side  of  Perry  street) 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  vacated  ;  'provided  however,  that  this  or¬ 
dinance  shall  not  take  effect,  unless  a  basin  for  the  accommodation 
of  boats  and  vessels  shall  be  constructed  on  the  land  lying  west  of 
the  above  described  line  within  the  period  of  one  year. 

Sec.  II.  That  it  shall  he  lawful  for  the  owners  of  said  basin  to  conditions 
excavate  across  said  West  Canal  street  a  navigable  cut  or  slip,  to  owS^ofba* 
connect  the  canal  with  the  basin  aforesaid,  and  to  keep  said  cut  or  ea^Se^lipT 
slip  open  for  ever  ;  provided  however ,  that  the  right  to  keep  said  cut 
or  slip  open  shall  depend  upon  and  exist  only  so  long  as  a  good 
and  substantial  bridge  over  said  cut  or  slip,  of  such  dimensions,  and 
to  be  placed  by  said  owners  in  such  position  as  the  street  commit¬ 
tee  may  approve,  shall  be  kept  up  and  maintained  at  the  cost  and 
charge  of  the  owners  of  the  aforesaid  basin. 

Sec.  III.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  owners  (and  the  Posts  and 
privileges  granted  them  in  this  ordinance  are  upon  this  additional  kep^up0 
condition)  to  keep  up  and  maintain  along  the  east  side  of  said  basin 
strong  and  substantial  posts,  connected  by  railing,  sufficient  to  guard 
against  accidents  which  might  arise  from  the  proximity  of  said 
basin  to  said  street. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance 
to  vacate  a  part  of  West  Canal  street  between  Perry 
and  Academy  streets,”  passed  January  twenty-sixth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  fifty. 

Passed  January  6,  1851. 

13e  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  amd  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  a  supplement  shall  take  effect 
if  the  basin  referred  to  in  the  proviso  to  the  first  section  thereof  be 
constructed  within  three  years  from  the  passage  of  said  ordinance, 
anything  in  said  proviso  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 


STREETS, 


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An  ordinance  to  vacate  that  part  of  West  Canal  street 
lying  between  Commerce  street  and  the  Trenton  basin. 

Passed  March  25,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

i 

That  all  that  part  of  the  road  or  street  called  West  Canal  street, 
situate  between  and  extending  from  Commerce  street,  on  the  north, 
to  the  Trenton  basin,  on  the  south,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  va¬ 
cated. 


An  ordinance  to  require  tbe  sidewalks  along  tbe  lots  front¬ 
ing  on  tbe  west  side  of  Greene  street,  between  State  and 
Front  streets,  to  be  paved  to  tbe  width  prescribed  by  law. 

Passed  August  5,  1850. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — - 

Pavement  to  fe>EC.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots  fronting  on  the  west  side  of 
widened.  Q.reene  street  between  State  and  Front  streets,  and  the  tenants  of 
those  of  said  lots  whose  owners  do  not  reside  in  this  city,  be  and 
they  are  hereby  required  to  extend  the  pavement  in  front  of  their 
respective  premises  to  the  width  prescribed  by  the  thirteenth  sec¬ 
tion  of  the  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance  concerning  the  streets, 
the  duty  of  the  street  committee  and  street  commissioner,”  passed 
the  seventh  day  of  March,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
forty-two. 

Gutterstobe  Sec.  II.  That  each  of  said  owners  or  tenants  shall  have  the 

inwhataman- gutter  pavement  in  front  of  his  her  or  their  premises  relaid  at  his, 
her,  or  their  own  expense  ;  and  in  such  relaying,  shall  put  either  a 
course  of  narrow  smooth  flagstone  or  a  double  course  of  hard  bricks 
placed  edgewise  next  to  the  curbstones,  to  facilitate  the  passage  of 
water  down  the  gutter. 

cartways  to  Sec.  III.  That  wherever  within  said  district  any  cartway  has 

be  paved.  J  J 

been  stopped  up,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owners  of  the  lot  front¬ 
ing  on  said  cartway  to  curb  and  pave  the  same  corresponding  with 
the  adjoining  pavements. 


STREETS. 


x 


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Sec.  IV.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are  Work  to  be 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  the  work  above  directed  to  be  superintend- 

i  i  •  i*ii  iiii  ence  oi  street 

done,  and  prescribe  the  manner  in  which  the  same  shall  be  per- committee, 
formed  ;  and  that  the  materials  to  be  used  in  said  work  shall  be 
such  as  said  committee  shall  approve. 

Sec.  V.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot  herein  before  Penalty  for 
referred  to,  or  the  tenant  of  any  lot  the  owner  of  which  does  not  neglect, 
reside  in  this  city,  shall  neglect  for  the  space  of  four  weeks  after 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance  to  comply  therewith,  he,  she,  or  they 
so  neglecting  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  ;  and  for 
every  week’s  delay  thereafter  shall  forfeit  and  pay  an  additional  sum 
of  five  dollars;  to  be  sued  for  from  time  to  time,  and  recovered, 
with  costs  of  suit,  in  an  action  of  debt  by  and  in  the  name  of  the 
treasurer  of  the  city,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  before  any  justice  of 
the  peace  thereof  or  any  other  court  having  cognizance  of  the  same. 


1 


An  ordinance  authorizing  the  widening  of  the  sidewalks 

in  a  part  of  Warren  street. 

Passed  October  8,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  1.  That  the  owners  of  property  on  the  east  side  of  Warren  pavement  $o 
street,  between  State  and  Perry  streets,  and  the  owners  of  property  feetvride* 
on  the  west  side  of  Warren  street,  between  State  and  Union  streets, 
be  and  they  are  hereby  required  and  directed  to  have  the  sidewalks 
opposite  their  respective  houses,  lots,  alleys,  and  passageways  widen¬ 
ed  in  such  manner  that  said  sidewalks  shall  be  fifteen  feet  in  width 
from  the  houses  to  the  outside  of  the  curbstones;  said  curbstones 
to  be  set  in  a  straight  line  from  State  street  to  Perry  and  Union 
streets,  respectively,  under  the  direction  of  the  city  surveyor. 

Sec.  II.  That  said  pavements  be  put  down  with  the  materials 
and  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  the  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordi¬ 
nance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and  gravelling  certain 
sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  the  same  when  necessary.” 

E 


50 


STREETS, 


Preamble. 


An  ordinance  to  accept  certain  land,  dedicated  by  the 
owner  thereof,  to  widen  a  part  of  Front  street. 

Passed  September  2,  1850. 

Whereas  Henry  McCall,  junior,  and  Charlotte  his  wife  have  by 
their  deed,  dated  the  thirteenth  day  of  July,  A.  D.  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  fifty,  dedicated  to  “the  Inhabitants  of  the 
City  of  Trenton,”  for  the  purpose  of  widening  that  part  of  Front 
street  which  is  between  Montgomery  and  Stockton  streets  the 
following  described  land,  to  wit :  beginning  at  a  stake  on  the 
east  side  of  Montgomery  street  and  on  the  south  side  of  Front 
street,  as  said  street  has  existed  heretofore,  said  stake  being  forty- 
three  feet  from  the  southwestern  corner  of  Charles  H.  Bottom’s 
brick  house,  measuring  from  the  said  corner  of  said  house  alon^ 
tne  east  side  of  Montgomery  street  (said  house  standing  on  the 
northeast  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Front  streets),  and  running 
thence,  by  the  south  side  of  Front  street,  as  it  has  heretofore  ex¬ 
isted.  south,  eighty-seven  and  a  half  degrees  east,  five  hundred  and 
eighty-six  feet  six  inches,  to  the  western  side  of  Stockton  street ; 
thence  by  Stockton  street,  south  one  and  three  quarter  degrees 
west,  eleven  feet;  thence  north,  eighty-eight  and  ahalf  degrees  west, 
(paiallel  to  the  nortli  side  of  said  Front  street,  as  it  has  heretofore 
existed)  five  hundred  and  eighty-six  feet,  to  Montgomery  street ; 
and  thence  by  Montgomery  street  north,  three  and  a  half  degrees 
west,  seventeen  feet,  to  the  place  of  beginning,  containing  two- 
hundredths  of  an  acre  of  land  ;  upon  this  condition  nevertheless, 
that  the  said  deed  shall  cease  to  operate,  and  become  entirely 
null  and  void,  and  that  the  land  so  dedicated  shall  revert  to  the 
grantors,  their  heirs  and  assigns,  who  shall  be  at  full  liberty  to  enter 
upon  and  enclose  and  resume  the  exclusive  enjoyment  thereof 
whenever,  by  any  lawful  authority,  any  part  of  said  Front  street 
opposite  to  or  in  front  of  the  land  so  dedicated  shall  be  vacated 
or  authorized  to  be  enclosed  within  the  enclosure  of  any  indivi¬ 
dual  so  as  to  be  no  longer  an  open  street  free  in  its  whole  widlh 
for  the  use  of  the  public  at  large,  and  with  a  reservation  to  the 
grantors,  their  heirs  and  assigns,  of  all  the  right  and  interest,  either 
in  possession  or  reversion,  in  the  lands  so  dedicated,  which  they 
would  retain  had  the  said  land  been  taken  for  a  public  road  or 
street  by  any  other  legal  proceeding  whatever — now  therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  ike  City  of 

Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  ana l  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 

the  authority  of  the  same *— 


STREETS. 


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That  the  ] and  so  dedicated  by  the  said  Henry  McCall,  junior,  Land  dem¬ 
and  Charlotte  his  wife  be  and  it  is  hereby  accepted  for  the  purpose,  included  in 
and  subject  to  the  condition  and  reservation  contained  in  the  deed  Front  6trect 
of  dedication,  and  that  the  same  is  made  a  part  of  Front  street,  as 
fully  as  if  it  had  been  originally  included  within  the  bounds  of  said 
street. 


An  ordinance  to  accept  certain  lands,  dedicated  by  the 
owners  thereof,  as  public  streets. 

Passed  March  12,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  Thomas  Cadwalader  and  Carroll  et. 
Maria  C.  his  wife,  James  M.  Redmond  and  Ann  B.  his  wife,  Wil¬ 
liam  P.  Sherman  and  Sarah  Ann  his  wife,  Lewis  P.  Higbee  and 
Mary  his  wife,  Lucy  Ann  Higbee,  Jacob  Waldburg  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  and  John  H.  McIntosh  and  Charlotte  his  wife,  as  and  for 
a  public  street,  by  deed  dated  the  sixteenth  day  of  May,  A.  D.  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ac¬ 
cepted  ;  and  that  the  said  street  shall  be  called  and  known  by  the 
name  of  Carroll  street. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  Thomas  Cadwalader  and  Ewing  st 
Maria  C.  his  wife,  James  M.  Redmond  and  Ann  B.  his  wife,  and 
William  P.  Sherman  and  Sarah  Ann  his  wife,  as  and  for  a  public 
street,  by  deed  dated  the  seventeenth  day  of  May,  A.  D.  one  thou¬ 
sand  eight  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted; 
and  that  the  said  street  shall  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of 
E win  qt  street. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  Thomas  Cadwalader  and  Elizabeth  at. 
Maria  C.  his  wife,  James  M.  Redmond  and  Ann  B.  his  wife,  and 
William  P.  Sherman  and  Sarah  Ann  his  wife,  as  and  for  a  public 
6treet,  by  deed  dated  the  eighteenth  day  of  May,  A.  D.  one  thou¬ 
sand  eight  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted ; 
and  that  the  said  street  shall  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of 
Elizabeth  street. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  James  M.  Redmond  and  ogden  et. 
Ann  B.  his  wife,  and  William  P.  Sherman  and  Sarah  Ann  his  wife, 


52 


STREETS. 


as  and  for  a  public  street,  by  deed  dated  the  twentieth  day  of  May,. 
A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  accepted  ;  and  that  the  said  street  shall  be  called  and  known 
by  the  name  of  Ogden  street. 

outiuudst.  Sec.  V.  1  hat  the  land  dedicated  by  James  M.  Redmond  and 
Ann  B.  his  wife,  and  William  P.  Sherman  and  Sarah  Ann  his  wife, 
as  and  xor  a  public  street,  by  deed  dated  the  twenty-first  day  of 
May,  A.  I).  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  accepted  ;  and  that  the  said  street  shall  be  called  and 
known  by  the  name  of  Southard  street. 

oss street.  Sec.  1  hat  the  land  dedicated  by  James  M.  Redmond  and 
Ann  B.  his  wife,  and  William  P.  Sherman  and  Sarah  Ann  his  wife, 
as  and  for  a  public  street,  by  deed  dated  the  twenty-second  day  of 
May,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and  the  same 
B  hereby  accepted;  and  that  the  said  street  shall  be  called  and 
known  by  the  name  of  Cross  street. 

EK00*  Seo-  VH.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  James  M.  Redmond  and 
Ann  B.  his  wife,  William  P.  Sherman  and  Sarah  Ann  his  wife, 
Charles  Hunt  and  Emeline  his  wife,  and  William  McKee,  junior' 
atj(i  Elizabeth  his  wife,  as  and  for  a  public  street,  by  deed  dated 
the  twenty-third  day  of  May,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
fifty,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted  ;  and  that  the  said  street 
shall  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Monmouth  street. 

Tucker  St.  .  Sec.  VIII.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  John  Bellerjeau  and  Jane 
his  wife,  Daniel  Bellerjeau,  Johnes  Brearley,  Eliza  Brearley,  Ach- 
sah  Brearley,  Jane  Brearley,  William  B.  Paul  and  Achsah  his  wife, 
James  K.  Bellerjeau,  Samuel  O.  Bellerjeau,  and  George  P.  Fuhr- 
man  and  Catharine  his  wife,  as  and  for  a  public  street,  by  deed 
dated  the  twenty-ninth  day  July,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fifty,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted  ;  and  that  the  said 
street  shall  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Tucker  street. 

Ringgold  st.  .  Sec.  IX.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  John  Bellerjeau  and  Jane 
Ins  wife,  Daniel  Bellerjeau,  Johnes  Brearley,  Eliza  Brearley,  Ach¬ 
sah  Brearley,  Jane  Brearley,  William  B.  Paul  and  Achsah  his  wife, 
James  Iv.  Belleijeau,  and  Samuel  O.  Bellerjeau,  as  and  for  a  public 
street,  by  deed  dated  the  first  day  of  August,  A.  D.  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted  ;  and 
that  the  said  street  shall  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Ring- 
gold  street.  1  ° 

Barnes  St.  Sec.  X.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  Joseph  C.  Potts  and  Eliza¬ 
beth  his  wife,  as  and  for  a  public  street,  by  deed  dated  the  nine¬ 
teenth  day  of  October,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty. 


STREETS. 


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be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted  ;  and  that  the  said  street  shall 
be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Barnes  street. 

Sec.  XI.  That  the  land  dedicated  by  William  Grant,  junior,  and  Commerce 

•  •  street. 

Jane  his  wife,  Joseph  Whittaker,  Benjamin  Fish  and  Maria  his 
wife,  Lucy  Ann  Higbee,  Lewis  P.  Iligbee  and  Mary  his  wife,  Jacob 
Waldburg  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  John  H.  McIntosh  and  Char¬ 
lotte  his  wife,  as  and  fora  public  street,  by  deed  dated  the  sixteenth 
day  of  October,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  accepted  ;  and  that  the  said  street  shall  be  called 
and  known  by  the  name  of  Commerce  street. 


An  ordinance  locating  a  continuation  of  Millliam  road,  (or 

Clinton  street). 

Passed  November  20,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  the  way  heretofore  laid  out  and  used,  and  dedicated  by  Gre¬ 
gory  A.  Perdicaris  and  wife,  Xenophon  J.  Maynard  and  wife,  John 
Yard,  junior,  and  wife,  and  “  the  Mercer  Cemetery  at  Trenton,”  to 
the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton,  by  deed  dated  the  second 
day  of  October,  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-four,  running 
from  the  point  where  the  Millham  road  and  East  State  street  meet, 
and  in  continuation  of  the  said  Millham  road  (or  Clinton  street) 
southerly,  fifty-three  feet  in  width  to  the  middle  of  the  Assanpink 
creek,  as  described  in  said  deed,  and  the  map  thereunto  annexed, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  located,  accepted,  and  declared  to  be  a 
public  street  of  said  city. 


An  ordinance  to  lay  out  a  street  from  the  northerly  end  of 

Carroll  street  to  Perry  street. 

Passed  April  3,  1855. 

Whereas,  on  the  sixth  day  of  June,  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  Preamble, 
fifty-three,  the  common  council  of  this  city  did  adjudge  that  the 

E* 


54 


STREETS. 


Street  laid 
out. 


To  be  known 
as  Carroll 
street. 


public  good  required  that  a  street  should  be  laid  out  fifty  feet 
wide  running  from  the  northerly  end  of  Carroll  street  to  Perry 
street,  the  same  course  as  Carroll  street  now  runs  ;  and  whereas 
the  said  common  council,  not  being  able  to  agree  with  the  own¬ 
ers  of  the  lands  required  for  the  same,  did  make  application  to 
the  mayor  for  the  appointment  of  three  disinterested  freeholders 
of  the  said  city,  commissioners  to  make  an  estimate  and  assess¬ 
ment  of  the  damages  that  might  be  sustained  by  the  owners  of 
the  land  necessary  for  the  laying  out  of  said  street ;  and  whereas, 
pursuant  to  said  application,  the  mayor  did  nominate  and  appoint 
Samuel  S.  Stryker,  Armitage  Green,  and  Joseph  G.  Brearley 
commissioners  to  make  such  estimate  and  assessment,  and  did 
appoint  a  time  and  place  for  their  meeting,  and  direct  the  notice 
to  be  given  to  the  persons  interested  ;  and  whereas  said  commis¬ 
sioners,  having  taken  the  oath  required  by  law  before  the  said 
mayor,  did  meet  at  the  time  and  place  appointed,  and  proceed  to 
view  said  land,  with  the  appurtenances,  and  to  make  a  just  and 
equitaole  estimate  or  appraisement  of  the  value  of  the  same  and 
assessment  of  damages,  and  after  taking  into  view  the  value  of  the 
said  land,  with  the  appurtenances,  and  the  injury  or  benefit  to 
the  owners  thereof,  did  report,  in  writing  under  their  hands  and 
seals,  what  sum  should  be  paid  by  the  common  council  for  such 
land,  with  the  appurtenances  and  damages  aforesaid,  which  re¬ 
port  was  filed  within  ten  days  thereafter,  together  with  the  said 
application  and  appointment  and  oaths  of  the  said  commissioners, 
with  the  clerk  of  the  city,  there  to  remain  of  record,  as  will  ap¬ 
pear  by  the  minutes  of  the  common  council  and  by  said  report, 
reference  being  thereunto  had  ;  and  whereas  said  sum  has  been 
paid  to  the  owners  of  said  lands  so  required — therefore, 

Be  IT  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  I  hat  a  street  fifty  feet  wide  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
laid  out,  running  from  the  northerly  end  of  Carroll  street  to  Berry 
street  the  same  course  as  Carroll  street  now  runs,  and  that  the  lands 
required  for  said  street,  referred  to  in  the  resolutions  of  council 
and  the  said  report,  are  hereby  taken  and  appropriated  for  that 
purpose. 

Sec.  II.  That  said  street,  being  a  continuation  of  Carroll  street, 
shall  be  also  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Carroll  street. 


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An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 
gravelling  certain  sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  tlie  same 
when  necessary. 

'  Passed  April  7,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passage  ways,  fronting  certain  ai- 
on  or  adjoining  either  side  of  Warren  street,  between  the  head  there- Slaved. t?' 
of  and  a  line  drawn  across  said  street  sixty-eight  feet  north  of  the 
middle  of  the  arch  of  the  Assanpink  bridge  ;  either  side  of  Greene  • 
street,  between  the  head  thereof  and  the  wooden  floor  of  the  Assan¬ 
pink  bridge ;  either  side  of  Montgomery  street,  between  Perry 
street  and  the  wooden  floor  of  the  Assanpink  bridge;  the  west  side 
of  Stockton  street,  between  Academy  street  and  State  street ;  the 
west  side  of  Willow  street,  between  the  Pennington  road  and 
Spring  street;  the  east  side  of  Willow  street,  between  Tucker 
street  and  the  Feeder;  the  north  side  of  Washington  street,  be¬ 
tween  Warren  street  and  the  lot  belonging  to  Ephraim  Ryno  ;  tho 
north  side  of  Front  street,  between  Stockton  street  and  Mont¬ 
gomery  street ;  either  side  of  Front  street,  between  Montgomery 
street  and  Willow  street ;  either  side  of  State  street,  between  tho 
canal  and  Calhoun’s  lane;  either  side  of  Hanover  street,  between 
Stockton  street  and  Warren  street ;  either  side  of  Academy  street, 
between  Stockton  street  and  Greene  street ;  either  side  of  Perry 
street,  between  Stockton  street  and  Warren  street  ;  the  south  side 
of  Spring  street,  between  Willow  street  and  the  west  line  of  Ebe- 
nezer  Claflin’s  lot ;  the  north  side  of  Spring  street,  between  Willow 
street  and  the  west  line  of  Patrick  Murphy’s  lot ;  and  either  side  of 
the  Pennington  road,  between  Warren  street  and  Calhoun’s  lane, 
be  and  they  are  hereby  required  (except  where  the  same  is  already 
done  so  as  to  correspond  with  the  requisitions  of  this  ordinance) 
to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag,  and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or 
adjoining  their  respective  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  in  the  man¬ 
ner  and  with  the  materials  herein  after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  III.  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or  low-  Sidewalks  to 
ered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present  city  bt  =la"Ltl' 
regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract  with  the 


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STREETS. 


common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have  a  pitch 
of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  a  quarter  of  an  inch  to 
every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set,  in  front  of  each  lot, 
all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper  grade  and 
pitch;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  receive  for 
each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the  sum  of  two  cents 
per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

Curbstones,  Sec.  IV.  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth 

paving,  &c.,  i  . 

regulated.  an<J  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at  the  dis¬ 
tances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  prescribed  by  existing  ordinances. 
On  those  streets  where  the  distances  are  not  now  fixed  by  ordinance, 
they  must  be  so  set  that  the  distance  from  the  line  of  the  street  to 
the  outside  of  the  curbs  shall  be  one-fifth  part  of  the  whole  width 
of  the  street.  These  distances  may  be  changed  at  the  request  of 
any  lot  owner,  when  circumstances  may  render  it  advisable,  by  con¬ 
sent  of  the  street  committee,  if  approved  by  the  regulator  and  sur¬ 
veyor.  The  curbstones  may  be  such  as  are  procured  either  from 
the  quarries  in  the  township  of  Ewing  or  from  those  on  the  Hudson 
river;  if  the  former,  they  must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick  on  the 
top,  eighteen  inches  deep,  and  two  feet  long ;  if  the  latter,  they 
must  be  at  least  three  and  a  half  inches  thick  on  the  top,  sixteen 
inches  deep,  and  must  average  at  least  three  and  a  half  feet  long. 
The  stieet  committee  may  allow  the  omission  of  curbing  opposite 
to  any  cartway,  and  permit  the  owner  or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such 
curbing,  to  pave  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise  for 
ease  of  access.  Curbstones,  not  of  the  kind  above  described,  which 
now  stand  against  pavements  that  do  not  need  to  be  raised,  lowered, 
or  relaid,  may  remain  until  such  pavements  become  so  worn  as  to 
lequiie  relaying,  when  said  curbstones  shall  be  removed,  and  re¬ 
placed  by  such  as  are  herein  before  prescribed. 

Bricks  or  Sec.  V.  That  the  pavements  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole 
he  used  for  bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb¬ 
stones  to  the  houses  ;  where  therp  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least  four 
feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones  ;  the  residue  of  such  cartway 
may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise. 

Sec.  VI.  That  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any  side- 


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walk,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  in  conformity  with  this  Repairing  to 

3.  1  11  1  .  ,  ,  .  be  done  on 

ordinance,  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  up  so  as  to  render  it  requisition 
necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  it  shall  committee, 
be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot,  alley,  or  passage¬ 
way  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on  being  notified  so 
to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council,  to 
have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole  or  in  part,  as  said 
notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient,  if  delivered  to 
or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner  or  any  one  of  the  owners  (if 
more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city;  but  if  none  of  the  owners  re¬ 
side  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  notice  be  set  up 
at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting  on  or  adjoining 
said  sidewalk. 

Sec.  VII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  Penalty  for 

.  .  ,  ,  .  avoidance. 

passageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition  for  the  space  of  sixty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  penalty, 
and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional 
week’s  delay  thereafter. 

Sec.  VIII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  Penalty  for 
passageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have  notlepann:>' 
his,  her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the 
authority  of  the  sixth  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply 
with  such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have 
been  delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she, 
or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and 
the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s 
delay  thereafter. 


58 


STREETS. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance  for 
grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and  gravelling  certain 
sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  tlie  same  when  necessary,” 
passed  April  seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-one. 

Passed  September  1,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Certain^ai-Q  Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  front- 

be  paved,  ing  on  or  adjoining  either  side  of  Broad  street,  between  the  Assan- 
pink  bridge  and  Ferry  street;  either  side  of  Bloomsbury  street, 
between  the  Assanpink  bridge  and  Ferry  street;  either  side  of 
Union  street,  between  Ferry  street  and  Market  street;  either  side 
of  Decatur  street,  between  Market  street  and  Bridge  street;  either 
side  of  Fall  street,  between  Union  street  and  Bloomsbury  street; 
either  side  of  Lamberton  street,  from  its  intersection  with  Blooms¬ 
bury  street,  to  Market  street ;  either  side  of  Bridge  street,  between 
Bloomsbury  street  and  Centre  street;  either  side  of  Willow  street, 
between  Front  street  and  the  Feeder,  be  and  they  are  hereby  re¬ 
quired  (except  where  the  same  is  already  done  so  as  to  correspond 
with  the  requisitions  of  this  ordinance)  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag, 
and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  their  respective 
lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with  the  materials 
herein  after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

be^graded*0  ^EC*  Hk  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or 
lowered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present 
city  regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract 
with  the  common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have 
a  pitch  of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  a  quarter  of  an 
inch  to  every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set  in  front  of 
each  lot  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper 
grade  and  pitch ;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand 
and  receive  for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the 
sum  of  two  cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

Curbstones,  Sec.  IV.  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth 

paving,  &c.,  , 

regulated,  and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  so  set  that  the 
distance  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  outside  of  the  curbs 


59 


✓ 


STREETS. 

shall  be  one-fifth  part  of  the  whole  width  of  the  street.  These  dis¬ 
tances  may  be  changed,  at  the  request  of  any  lot  owner,  when 
circumstances  may  render  it  advisable,  by  consent  of  the  street 
committee,  if  approved  by  the  regulator  and  surveyor.  The  curb¬ 
stones  may  be  such  as  are  procured  either  from  the  quarries  in  the 
township  of  Ewing  or  from  those  on  the  Hudson  river;  if  the 
former,  they  must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick  on  the  top,  eighteen 
inches  deep,  and  two  feet  long;  if  the  latter,  they  must  be  at  least 
three  and  a  half  inches  thick  on  the  top,  sixteen  inches  deep,  and 
must  average  at  least  three  and  a  half  feet  long.  The  street  com¬ 
mittee  may  allow  the  omission  of  curbing  opposite  to  any  cartway, 
and  permit  the  owner  or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such  curbing,  to  pave 
with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise  for  ease  of  access. 
Curbstones,  not  of  the  kind  above  described,  which  now  stand 
against  pavements  that  do  not  need  to  be  raised,  lowered,  or  re- 
laid,  may  remain  until  such  pavements  become  so  worn  as  to  require 
relaying,  when  said  curbstones  shall  be  removed,  and  replaced  by 
such  as  are  herein  before  prescribed. 

Sec.  V.  That  the  pavements  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole  Bricks  or 
bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses  be^isedfbr0 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb-pavins' 
stones  to  the  houses ;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least 
four  feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones;  the  residue  of  such 
cartway  may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edge¬ 
wise. 

Sec.  VI.  That  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any  side- Repairing  to 
walk  embraced  by  this  ordinance,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  requisition 
laid  in  conformity  herewith,  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  up  committee, 
so  as  to  render  it  necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot, 
alley,  or  passageway  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on 
being  notified  so  to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the 
common  council,  to  have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  as  said  notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient 
if  delivered  to  or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner,  or  any  one  of 
the  owners  (if  more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city  ;  but  if  none  of 
the  owners  reside  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  no¬ 
tice  be  set  up  at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting 
on  or  adjoining  said  sidewalk. 


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STREETS. 


Penalty  for 
avoidance. 


Penalty  for 
not  repaving. 


Sec.  VII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas* 
sageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb» 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition  for  the  space  of  thirty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nace,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  addi¬ 
tional  week’s  delay  thereafter. 

Sec.  VIII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas¬ 
sageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have  his, 
her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the  au¬ 
thority  of  the  sixth  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply  with 
such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she,  or  they 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and  the  further 
sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s  delay  there¬ 


after. 


Certain  pro* 
perty  ex¬ 
empted  from 
operation  of 
ordinance. 


Contingent 

repeal. 


An  ordinance  relative  to  the  paving  of  tlie  sidewalk  in 
front  of  a  certain  lot  on  the  west  side  of  Willow  street. 

Passed  December  1,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  Cke  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  the  wharf  lot  at  the  intersection  of 
of  Willow  street  and  the  canal  feeder  be  and  they  are  hereby  ex¬ 
empted  from  the  operation  and  provisions  of  the  ordinance  entitled, 
“  A  supplement  to  an' ordinance  entitled  an  ordinance  for  grading, 
curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and  gravelling  certain  sidewalks,  and  for 
repaving  the  same  when  necessary,”  passed  the  fifth  day  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  A.  D.  1851,  so  far  as  the  same  relate  to  or  affect  said  lot, 
upon  condition  that  the  owners  of  said  lot  cause  the  same  to  be 
paved  with  the  materials  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  said  ordi¬ 
nance  for  the  paving  of  cartways,  except  that  the  flagstones  shall 
be  laid  in  two  parallel  courses  not  less  than  eighteen  inches  wide. 

Sec.  II.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  common  council  to  repeal 
this  ordinance  whenever  said  lot  shall  cease  to  be  used  as  a  wharf 
or  landing. 


STREETS. 


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An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 
gravelling  certain  sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  the  same 
wlien  necessary. 

Passed  March  20,  1053. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled l,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  Certain  ai- 
on  or  adjoining  either  side  of  Centre  or  Second  street,  in  the  third  bo  paved. tC 
ward,  from  Broad  slreei  to  Federal  street;  and  either  side  of  Mar¬ 
ket  street,  irom  Bloomsbury  street  to  the  wooden  floor  of  the  As- 
sanpink  bridge;  and  on  the  north  side  of  Union  street,  from  War¬ 
ren  to  Willow  street,  be  and  they  are  hereby  required  (except 
where  the  same  is  already  done  so  as  to  correspond  with  the  re¬ 
quisitions  of  this  ordinance)  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag,  and  gravel 
the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  their  respective  lots,  alleys, 
or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with  the  materials  herein  after 
prescribed. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  III.  T  hat  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or  Sidewalks  to 
lowered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present be  sraded' 
city  regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract  with 
the  common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have  a 
pitch  of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  a  quarter  of  an  inch 
to  every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  ol  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set  in  front  of  each 
lot  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper  grade 
and  pitch  ;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entilled  to  demand  and  re¬ 
ceive  for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the  sum  of 
two  cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth  Curbstones, 
and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at  the  dis-  regulated, 
tances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  prescribed  by  existing  ordinances. 

On  those  streets  where  the  distances  are  not  now  fixed  by  ordi¬ 
nance,  they  must  be  so  set  that  the  distance  from  the  line  of  the 
street  to  the  outside  of  the  curbs  shall  be  one-fifth  part  of  the 
whole  width  of  the  street.  These  distances  may  be  changed  at  the 
request  of  any  lot  owner,  when  circumstances  may  render  it  ad¬ 
visable,  by  consent  of  the  street  committee,  if  approved  by  the 

p 


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STREETS. 


Bricks  or 
flagstones  to 
be  used  for 
paving. 


Repairing  to 
be  done  on 
requisition 
of  street 
committee. 


Penalty  for 
avoidance. 


regulator  and  surveyor.  The  curbstones  may  be  such  as  are  procured 
either  from  the  quarries  in  the  township  of  Ewing  or  from  those  on 
the  Hudson  river ;  if  the  former,  they  must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick 
on  the  top,  eighteen  inches  deep,  and  two  feet  long ;  if  the  latter, 
they  must  be  at  least  three  and  a  half  inches  thick  on  the  top,  six¬ 
teen  inches  deep,  and  must  average  at  least  three  and  a  half  feet 
long.  The  street  committee  may  allow  the  omission  of  curbing 
opposite  to  any  cartway,  and  permit  the  owner  or  occupant,  in 
lieu  of  such  curbing,  to  pave  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed 
edgewise  for  ease  of  access.  Curbstones  not  of  the  kind  above  de¬ 
scribed,  which  now  stand  against  pavements  that  do  not  need  to  be 
raised,  lowered,  or  relaid,  may  remain  until  such  pavements  be¬ 
come  so  worn  as  to  require  relaying,  when  said  curbstones  shall 
be  removed,  and  replaced  by  such  as  are  herein  before  prescribed. 

Sec.  V.  That  the  pavements  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole 
bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb¬ 
stones  to  the  houses ;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones  ;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least 
four  feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones;  the  residue  of  such 
cartway  may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edge¬ 
wise. 

Sec.  VI.  That  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any 
sidewalk,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  in  conformity  with 
this  ordinance,  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  up,  so  as  to  ren¬ 
der  it  necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot,  alley,  or 
passageway  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on  being  no¬ 
tified  so  to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the  common 
council,  to  have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole  or  in 
part,  as  said  notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient  if 
delivered  to  or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner,  or  any  one  of  the 
owners  (if  more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city;  but  if  none  of  the 
owners  reside  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  notice 
be  set  up  at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting  on 
or  adjoining  said  sidewalk. 

Sec.  VII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas¬ 
sageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her,  . 


STREETS. 


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or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  re¬ 
quisition  for  the  space  of  sixty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  addi¬ 
tional  week’s  delay  thereafter. 

Sec.  VIII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas- penalty  for 
sageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have  his,notrei)avin=' 
her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the 
authority  of  the  sixth  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply 
with  such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have 
been  delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she, 
or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and 
the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s 
delay  thereafter. 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  paving,  curbing,  and  gravelling 
certain  sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  tlie  same  when  ne¬ 
cessary. 

Fassed  May  2,  1853. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  tlie  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  warren  st., 
or  adioinin^  either  side  of  Warren  street  south  of  a  line  drawn  tain  limits,  to 
across  said  street,  sixty-eight  feet  north  of  the  middle  of  the  arch  L  pave 
of  the  Assanpink  creek  bridge,  and  either  side  of  Bloomsbury 
street  south  of  the  middle  of  said  arch  for  the  distance  of  ninety 
feet,  be  and  they  are  hereby  required  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  level, 
fill  up,  and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  their  respective  lots,  al¬ 
leys,  or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with  the  materials  herein 
after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  III.  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or  sidewalks  to 
lowered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present 
city  regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract  with 
the  common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have  a 
pitch  of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  a  quarter  of  an  inch 


STREETS. 


U 

to  every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It  shall5 
be  the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set  in  front  of  each 
lot  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper  grade  and 
pitch  •  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  receive 
for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the  sum  of  two 
cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

pa^ngX!;  ^EC*  ^hat  tbe  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth 
regulated,  and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  so  set  that  the 
distance  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  outside  of  the  curbs  shall 
be  one-fifth  part  of  the  whole  width  of  the  street.  These  distances 
may  be  changed  at  the  request  of  any  lot  owner,  when  circum¬ 
stances  may  render  it  advisable,  by  consent  of  the  street  committee, 
if  approved  by  the  regulator  and  surveyor.  The  curbstones  may 
be  such  as  are  procured  either  from  the  quarries  in  the  township 
of  Ewing  or  from  those  on  the  Hudson  river;  if  the  former,  they 
must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick  on  the  top,  eighteen  inches  deep, 
and  two  feet  long ;  if  the  latter,  they  must  be  at  least  three  and  a 
half  inches  thick  on  the  top,  sixteen  inches  deep,  and  must  average 
at  least  three  and  a  half  feet  long.  The  street  committee  may  al¬ 
low  the  omission  of  curbing  opposite  to  any  cartway,  and  permit 
the  owner  or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such  curbing,  to  pave  with  bould¬ 
ers  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise  for  ease  of  access.  Curbstones, 
not  of  the  kind  above  described,  which  now  stand  against  pave¬ 
ments  that  do  not  need  to  be  raised,  lowered,  or  relaid,  may  remain 
until  such  pavements  become  so  worn  as  to  require  relaying,  when 
said  curbstones  shall  be  removed,  and  replaced  by  such  as  are  herein 
before  prescribed. 

flagstones  to  Sec*  V’  That  the  Pavements  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole 

paWn^ for  bncks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb¬ 
stones  to  the  houses ;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones  ;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least  four 
feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones  ;  the  residue  of  such  cartway 
may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  ed<rewise 
be  done  on  v  1  hat  m  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any  side- 

ofqsUtreet°U  wabi  embraced  by  this  ordinance,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be 
committee,  laid  in  conformity  herewith,  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  up, 
so  as  to  render  it  necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved  in  whole 
or  in  part,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot. 


STREETS. 


65 


alley,  or  passageway  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on  being 
notified  so  to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the  common 
council,  to  have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole  or  in 
part,  as  said  notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient  if 
delivered  to  or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner  or  any  one  of  the 
owners  (if  more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city  ;  but  if  none  of  the 
owners  reside  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  notice 
be  set  up  at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting  on  or 
adjoining  said  sidewalk. 

Sec.  VII.  That  if  the  owner  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  passageway,  Penalty  for 

&void&DC6 

who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag, 
or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her,  or  their 
premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requisition  for 
the  space  of  thirty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  he,  she, 
or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  penalty,  and 
the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s, 
delay  thereafter. 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 

gravelling  certain  sidewalks. 

Passed  June  6,  1853. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  1.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  certain  at- 
on  or  adjoining  the  north  side  of  Livingston  street  from  the  Assan-  be  pavei 
pink  creek  to  Broad  street,  be  and  they  are  hereby  required  (ex¬ 
cept  where  the  same  is  already  done  so  as  to  correspond  with  the 
requisitions  of  this  ordinance)  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag,  and  gravel 
the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  their  respective  lots,  alleys, 
or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with  the  materials  herein  after- 
prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  III.  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or sr dewants 
lowered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present bo  sraded- 
city  regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract 
with  the  common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have 


66 


STREETS. 


a  pitch  of  half  an  inch  to  every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street 
the  curbstones.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor 
to  set  in  front  of  each  lot  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to 
show  the  proper  grade  and  pitch  ;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  en¬ 
titled  to  demand  and  receive  for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  own¬ 
ers  thereof,  the  sum  of  two  cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the 
curbstones. 

paving,' Sec.  IV.  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth 

regulated,  and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at  such  dis¬ 
tances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  as  the  street  committee  shall 
direct,  in  conformity  with  existing  ordinances  and  with  the  appro¬ 
bation  of  the  city  surveyor.  The  curbstones  may  be  such  as  are 
procured  either  from  the  quarries  in  the  township  of  Ewing  or 
from  those  on  the  Hudson  river ;  if  the  former,  they  must  be  at 
least  five  inches  thick  on  the  top,  eighteen  inches  deep,  and  two 
feet  long;  if  the  latter,  they  must  be  at  least  three  and  a  half 


Bricks  or 
flagstones  to 
be  used  for 
paring. 


Penalty  for 
not  repaving. 


inches  thick  on  the  top,  sixteen  inches  deep,  and  must  average  at 
least  three  and  a  half  feet  long.  The  street  committee  may  allow 
the  omission  of  curbing  opposite  to  any  cartway,  and  permit  the 
owner  or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such  curbing,  to  pave  with  boulders 
or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise  for  ease  of  access* 

Sec.  V.  That  the  pavements  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole 
bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb¬ 
stones  to  the  houses ;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones  ;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least 
foui  feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones ;  the  residue  of  such 
cartway  may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edge¬ 
wise. 

Sec.  VI.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas¬ 
sageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 


pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  then  ptemises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition  for  the  space  of  thirty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  addi, 
tional  week’s  delay  thereafter. 


STREETS. 


67 


An  ordinance  for  the  paving  of  Delaware  street. 

Passed  March  6,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  J.  That  the  owners  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  Delaware  street  to  bo 
street,  from  State  street  to  the  raceway  of  the  Trenton  Water  eSJ&c.’  P&T" 
Power  Company,  and  the  owners  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  said 
street,  from  State  street  to  the  said  raceway,  shall  have  good  and 
sufficient  curbstones  fixed  against  the  front  edge  of  the  footways, 
so  as  to  make  the  pavement  ten  feet  wide  on  each  side  of  the 
street,  and  have  their  respective  footways  paved  with  good  hard 
brick,  except  the  cartways  into  their  yards  or  alleys,  which  may 
be  paved  with  pebbles,  flagging,  or  brick. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  or  commissioner,  as  soon  asToberegi> 
maybe  convenient,  shall  have  the  said  street  so  regulated  and  marked, 
marked  that  the  owners  of  land  adjoining  thereon  may  know  the 
proper  place  and  height  for  the  curbstones  and  pavements  of  the 
footways  against  their  respective  lots. 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 
gravelling  certain  sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  the  same 
when  necessary. 

Passed  May  8,  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  certain  ai- 
on  or  adjoining  the  south  side  of  Union  street,  in  the  second  ward ,  bYpaved. * 
from  Warren  to  Willow  street;  either  side  of  Union  street,  in  the 
fourth  ward,  from  Ferry  to  Federal  street;  the  south  side  of  Quarry 
street,  from  Willow  street  to  the  Feeder  bridge ;  and  the  north 
side  of  Quarry  street,  from  Willow  street  to  the  east  line  of  Joseph 
Moore’s  saw  mill  lot,  (thence  to  the  Feeder  bridge,  the  north  side 
to  be  curbed  and  gravelled  only,)  be  and  they  are  hereby  required 
(except  where  the  same  is  already  done  so  as  to  correspond  with 
the  requisitions  of  this  ordinance)  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag,  and 


68 


STREETS. 


Sidewalks  to 
be  graded. 


Curbstones, 
paving,  &c., 
regulated. 


gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  their  respective  lots*, 
alleys,  or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with  the  materials  herein 
after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council,  are 
hereby  appointed,  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  III.  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or 
loweied,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present 
city  legulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract 
with  the  common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have 
a  pitch  of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  half  an  inch 
to  eveiy  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set  in  front  of 
eaco  lot  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper 
glace  and  pitch;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand 
and  zeceive  for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the 
sum  of  two  cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

Sec.  iV.  1  hat  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth 
and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at 
the  distances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  prescribed  by  exist¬ 
ing  ordinances.  On  those  streets  where  the  distances  are  not 
now  fixed  by  ordinance,  they  must  be  so  set  that  the  distance 
from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  outside  of  the  curbs  shall 
be  one-fifth  part  of  the  whole  width  of  the  street.  These  dis¬ 
tances  may  be  changed,  at  the  request  of  any  lot  owner,  when 
circumstances  may  render  it  advisable,  by  consent  of  the  street 
committee,  if  approved  by  the  regulator  and  surveyor.  The  curb¬ 
stones  may  be  such  as  are  procured  either  from  the  quarries  in  the 
township  of  Ewing  or  from  those  on  the  Hudson  river;  if  the 
former,  they  must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick  on  the  top,  eighteen 
inches  deep,  and  two  feet  long;  if  the  latter,  they  must  be  a°t  least 
three  and  a  half  inches  thick  on  the  top,  sixteen  inches  deep,  and 
must  average  at  least  three  and  a  half  feet  long.  The  street  com¬ 
mittee  may  allow  the  omission  of  curbing  opposite  to  any  cartway, 
and  permit  the  owner  or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such  curbing  to  pave 
with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise  for  ease  of  access  • 
and  if  paved  with  boulders  to  have  at  least  two  feet  of  flagstone  in 
the  centre.  Curbstones,  not  of  the  kind  above  described,  which  now 
stand  against  pavements  that  do  not  need  to  be  raised,  lowered,  or  re- 
laid,  may  remain  until  such  pavements  become  so  worn  as  to  require 
relaying,  when  said  curbstones  shall  be  removed,  and  replaced  by 
such  as  aie  herein  before  prescribed. 

Sec.  V.  That  the  pavements  shall  he  laid  with  good  hard  whefe 


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bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses  Bricks  or 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  mustexiend  from  the  curb-  be?usedfor° 
stones  to  the  houses;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  ibe  pave-p‘nm?' 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  g>’ude  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least 
four  feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones;  the  residue  of  such 
cartway  may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edge¬ 
wise. 


Sec.  Vf.  That  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any  side- Repairing  to 
walk  embraced  by  this  ordinance,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  ^qSion 
in  conformity  with  this  ordinance  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  committee, 
up  so  as  to  render  it  necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot, 
alley,  or  passageway  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on 
being  notified  so  to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the 
common  council,  to  have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  as  said  notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient 
if  delivered  to  or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner,  or  any  one  of 
the  owners  (if  more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city;  but  if  none  of 
the  owners  reside  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  no¬ 
tice  be  set  up  at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting 
on  or  adjoining  said  sidewalk. 


Sec.  VI T.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas- Penalty  for 
sageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb-,  <,'0ldance’ 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition  for  the  space  of  sixty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nace,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  addi¬ 
tional  week’s  delay  thereafter. 

Sec.  VIII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas- Penalty  for 
sageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have  his,n°trepaviIlg’ 
her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the  au¬ 
thority  of  the  sixih  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply  with 
such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she,  or  they 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and  the  further 
Bum  of  five  dollars  penally  for  each  additional  week’s  delay  there¬ 
after. 


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ST  REE  TS. 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  an(f 
gravelling  certain  sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  the  same 
when  necessary. 

Passed  July  19,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


Certain  al¬ 
leys,  &c.,  to 
be  paved. 


Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting 
on  or  adjoining  either  side  of  Clinton  street,  from  Monmouth  street 
to  State  street;  either  side  of  Jackson  street,  from  Market  street  to 
Livingston  street ;  either  side  of  Mercer  street,  from  Market  street 


to  Livingston  street;  either  side  of  New  Brunswick  turnpike,  from 
the  head  of  Greene  street  to  Rose  street;  either  side  of  Ferry 
street,  from  Warren  street  to  water  power  bridge ;  either  side  of 
Perry  street,  from  Stockton  street  to  Clinton  street  (or  Millham 
load);  east  side  of  AVillow  street,  from  Tucker  street  to  Penning¬ 
ton  road ;  either  side  of  Mill  street,  from  Market  street  to  Fair 
street ;  either  side  of  Montgomery  street,  from  Perry  street  to 
Feeder  bridge;  east  side  of  Stockton  street,  from  State  street  to 
Hanovei  stieet;  the  west  side  of  Stockton  street,  from  State  street 
to  Fi out  street;  either  side  of  Fall  street,  from  Warren  street  to 
Fair  street;  either  side  of  East  State  street,  from  Canal  bridge  to 
Clinton  street;  either  side  of  Princeton  turnpike,  from  the  head  of 
Warren  street  to  the  Presbyterian  school  house ;  south  side  of 
State  street,  from  Calhoun’s  lane  to  the  waste  weir  bridge,  be  and 
they  are  hereby  required  (except  where  the  same  is  already  done 
so  as  to  correspond  with  the  requisitions  of  this  ordinance)  to 
giade,  cuib,  pave,  Hag,  and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  ad¬ 
joining  their  respective  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  in  the  manner 
and  with  the  materials  herein  after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

bs“t0  Sec<  1IL  Thal  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or  low¬ 
ered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present  city 
regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract  with  the 
common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have  a  pitch 
of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  a  quarter  of  an  inch  to 
every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set,  in  front  of  each  lot, 
all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper  grade  and 


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pitch;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  receive  for 
each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the  sum  of  two  cents 
per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

Sec.  1\  .  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth  curbstones, 
and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at  the  d is-  regulated0' ’’ 
tances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  prescribed  by  existing  ordinances. 

On  those  streets  where  the  distances  are  not  now  fixed  by  ordinance, 
they  must  be  so  set  that  the  distance  from  the  line  of  the  street  to 
the  outside  of  the  curbs  shall  be  one-fifth  part  of  the  whole  width 
of  the  street.  These  distances  may  be  changed  at  the  request  of 
any  lot  owner,  when  circumstances  may  render  it  advisable,  by  con¬ 
sent  of  the  street  committee,  if  approved  by  the  regulator  and  sur¬ 
veyor.  The  curbstones  may  be  such  as  are  procured  either  from 
the  quarries  in  the  township  of  Ewing  or  from  those  on  the  Hudson 
river;  if  the  former,  they  must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick  on  the 
top,  eighteen  inches  deep,  and  two  feet  long ;  if  the  latter,  they 
must  be  at  least  three  and  a  half  inches  thick  on  the  top,  sixteen 
inches  deep,  and  must  average  at  least  three  and  a  half  feet  long. 

The  street  committee  may  allow  the  omission  of  curbing  opposite 
to  any  cartway,  and  permit  the  owner  or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such 
curbing,  to  pave  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise  for 
ease  of  access.  Curbstones,  not  of  the  kind  above  described,  which 
now  stand  against  pavements  that  do  not  need  to  be  raised,  lowered, 
or  relaid,  may  remain  until  such  pavements  become  so  worn  as  to 
require  relaying,  when  said  curbstones  shall  be  removed,  and  re¬ 
placed  by  such  as  are  herein  before  prescribed. 

Sec.  V.  That  the  pavements  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole  Bricks  or 
bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses  be^seiTfor0 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb-  pavmg‘ 
stones  to  the  houses;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least  four 
feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones  ;  the  residue  of  such  cartway 
may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise. 

Sec.  VI.  That  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any  side-  Repairing  to 

1 1  1*1  i  /»  ii*i*  •  •  *  «  •  1^6  done  on 

walk,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  m  conformity  with  this  requisition 
ordinance,  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  up  so  as  to  render  it^omnSttee. 
necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot,  alley,  or  passage¬ 
way  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on  being  notified  so 


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STREETS. 


Penalty  for 
avoidance. 


to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council,  to 
have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole  or  in  part,  as  said 
notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient  if  delivered  to 
or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner  or  any  one  of  the  owners  (if 
more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city ;  but  if  none  of  the  owners  re¬ 
side  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  notice  be  set  up 
at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting  on  or  adjoining 
said  sidewalk. 


Sec.  VII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or 
passageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition  foi  the  space  of  sixty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  penalty, 
and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional 
week’s  delay  thereafter. 


iiotraepav?ng.  ^EC<  ^  l^ie  ownei*  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or 

passageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have 
his,  her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the 
authority  of  the  sixth  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply 
with  such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have 
been  delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she, 
01  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and 

the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s 
delay  thereafter. 


All  oidinanee  relative  to  the  paving  of  the  sidewalk  in  front 

of  a  certain  lot  on  the  east  side  of  Decatur  street,  in  the 

fourth  ward. 

Passed  July  19,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  the  owner  of  the  foundry  lot,  now  occupied  hy  Messrs. 
Bird  &  Weld,  on  the  east  side  of  Decatur  street,  be  and  he  is 
heieby  exempted  from  the  operation  and  provisions  of  the  or¬ 
dinance  entitled,  “  A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  for  grading, 
cuibing,  paving,  flagging,  and  gravelling  certain  sidewalks,  and  for 


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73 


Repaving  the  same  when  necessary,”  passed  September  first,  eigh¬ 
teen  hundred  and  fifty-one,  so  far  as  the  same  relate  to  or  affect 
said  lot,  upon  condition  that  the  owner  of  said  lot  cause  the  same 
to  be  paved,  within  sixty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
with  the  materials  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  said  ordinance 
for  the  paving  of  cartways,  except  that  the  flagstones  shall  be  laid 
in  two  parallel  courses,  each  course  to  be  not  less  than  eighteen 
inches  wide. 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 
gravelling  the  sidewalks  of  an  alley  in  the  fourth  ward, 
one  hundred  and  twelve  feet  north  of  Bridge  street,  lead- 
ing  from  Warren  street  to  Fair  street,  and  for  repaving 
the  same  when  necessarv. 

« J 

Passed  September  7,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  Certain  ai- 

t  leys,  &c.,  tc 

on  the  above  named  alley,  on  either  side,  be  and  they  are  hereby  be  paved, 
required  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag,  and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in 
front  of  or  adjoining  their  respective  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways, 
in  the  manner  and  with  the  material  herein  after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  III.  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or  Sidewalks  to 
lowered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  city 
regulator  and  surveyor  may  fix.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall 
have  a  pitch  of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  a  quarter  of 
an  inch  to  every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones*. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set,  in  front 
of  each  lot,  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper 
grade  and  pitch ;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand 
and  receive  for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the 
sum  of  two  cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth  Curbstones, 
and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  three  feet  regulated? 
firom  the  lines  of  the  alley.  The  curbstones  may  be  such  as  are 

G 


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STREETS. 


procured  either  from  the  quarries  in  the  township  of  Ewing  of 
fiom  those  on  the  Hudson  river;  if  the  former,  they  must  be  at 
least  thiee  inches  thick  on  the  top*  and  fourteen  inches  deep;  if 
the  latter,  they  must  be  at  least  two  and  a  half  inches  thick  on  the 
top,  and  twelve  inches  deep.  The  street  committee  may  allow  the 
omission  of  curbing  opposite  to  any  cartway,  and  permit  the  owner 
or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such  curbing,  to  pave  with  boulders  or  hard 
bricks  placed  edgewise  for  ease  of  access.  The  pavements  shall  be 
laid  with  good  hard  whole  bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones*  Every 
caitway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least 
two  feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones;  the  residue  of  such 

cartway  may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edge¬ 
wise. 

bedouin0  SeC'  V‘  That  in  Case  any  Pavement  which  may  hereafter  be  laid 
ofTtreet°n  conformity  this  ordinance  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken 
committee,  up,  so  as  to  render  it  necessary  that  saifl  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in 
whole  or  in  part,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of 
the  lot,  alley,  or  passageway  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  side¬ 
walk,  on  being  notified  so  to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee 
of  the  common  council,  to  have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith, 
in  whole  01  in  part,  as  said  notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall 
be  sufficient  if  delivered  to  or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner, 
or  any  one  of  the  owners  (if  more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city; 
but  if  none  of  the  owners  reside  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  suffi¬ 
cient  if  said  notice  be  set  up  at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the 
premises  fronting  on  or  adjoining  said  sidewalk. 

Penalty  for  Sec.  VI.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas¬ 
sageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her,? 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition  for  the  space  of  one  month  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  addi¬ 
tional  week’s  delay  thereafter. 

notrepaving.  SeC‘  VIL  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot>  alley>  or  pas¬ 
sageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have 

his,  her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the 
authority  of  the  fifth  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply 
with  such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have 
been  delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she, 
01  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and 
the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s 
delay  thereafter. 


STREETS. 


75 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 
gravelling  certain  sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  tlie  same 
when  necessary. 

Passed  November  13,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  tlic  Inhabitants  of  the  City  oj 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

t 

Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  Certain  ai- 

r  .  ,  leys,  &c.,  to 

on  or  adjoining  the  west  side  of  Stockton  street,  irom  Academy  be  paved, 
street  to  Perry  street ;  the  south  side  of  Front  street,  from  Mont¬ 
gomery  street  to  Stockton  street;  the  south  side  of  Livingston  street, 
from  Mercer  street  to  Broad  street,  be  and  they  are  hereby  required 
(except  where  the  same  is  already  done  so  as  to  correspond  with 
the  requisitions  of  this  ordinance)  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag,  and 
gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  their  respective  lots, 
alleys,  or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with  the  materials  herein 
after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  Sidewalks  to 

Ijg  "ravelled 

or  adjoining  the  west  side  of  Fair  street,  between  Mill  street  and 
Bridge  street,  be  and  they  are  hereby  required  to  gravel  the  side¬ 
walks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  their  respective  lots,  alleys,  or  pas¬ 
sageways,  according  to  the  grade  established  by  the  city  surveyor; 
said  work  to  be  done  in  a  manner  and  with  materials  satisfactory 
to  the  street  committee. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  IV.  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or  sidewalks  to 
lowered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present 
city  regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract  with 
the  common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have  a 
pitch  of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  a  quarter  of  an  inch 
to  every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set  in  front  of  each 
lot  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper  grade 
and  pitch  ;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  re¬ 
ceive  for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the  sum  of 
two  cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

Sec.  V.  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth  curbstones, 
and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at  the  dis-  regulated, 
tances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  prescribed  by  existing  ordinances. 


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S 

On  those  streets  where  the  distances  are  not  now  fixed  by  ordi¬ 
nance,  they  must  be  so  set  that  the  distance  from  the  line  of  the 
street  to  the  outside  of  the  curbs  shall  be  one-fifth  part  of  the 
whole  width  of  the  street.  These  distances  may  be  changed  at  the 
request  of  any  lot  owner,  when  circumstances  may  render  it  ad¬ 
visable,  by  consent  of  the  street  committee,  if  approved  by  the 
regulator  and  surveyor.  The  curbstones  may  be  such  as  are  procured 
either  fiom  the  quarries  in  the  township  of  Ewing  or  from  those  on 
the  Hudson  river ;  if  the  former,  they  must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick 
on  the  top,  eighteen  inches  deep,  and  two  feet  long;  if  the  latter, 
they  must  be  at  least  three  and  a  half  inches  thick  o-n  the  top,  six¬ 
teen  inches  deep,  and  must  average  at  least  three  and  a  half  feet 
long.  *1  he  street  committee  may  allow  the  omission  of  curbing 
opposite  to  any  cartway,  and  permit  the  owner  or  occupant,  in 
lieu  of  such  curbing,  to  pave  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed 
edgewise  for  ease  of  access.  Curbstones  not  of  the  kind  above  de¬ 
scribed,  which  now  stand  against  pavements  that  do  not  need  to  be 
raised,  lowered,  or  relaid,  may  remain  until  such  pavements  be¬ 
come  so  worn  as  to  require  relaying,  when  said  curbstones  shall 
be  removed,  and  replaced  by  such  as  are  herein  before  prescribed. 

Bricks  or  Sec.  VI.  1  hat  the  pavements  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole 

flagstones  to  bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses 

be  used  for  ...  °  o 

paving.  on  the  line  01  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb¬ 
stones  to  the  houses;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones  ;  but  in  that 
case  tne  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  wdth  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least 
four  feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones;  the  residue  of  such 

cartway  may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edge¬ 
wise. 

liepairing  to  Sec>  Tiiat  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any 

requiStioii  sidewalk’  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  in  conformity  with 

committee.  tlnS  ordlnance’  slia11  become  worn  out  or  broken  up,  so  as  to  ren¬ 
der  it  necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot,  alley,  or 
passageway  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on  being  no¬ 
tified  so  to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the  common 
council,  to  have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole  or  in 
part,  as  said  notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient  if 
delivered  to  or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner,  or  any  one  of  the 
owners  (if  more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city;  but  if  none  of  the 


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owners  reside  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  notice 
be  set  up  at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting  on 
or  adjoining  said  sidewalk. 

Sec.  VIII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas- Penalty  for 
sageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  re¬ 
quisition  for  the  space  of  sixty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  addi¬ 
tional  week’s  delay  thereafter. 

Sec.  IX.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas- Penalty  for 
sageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have  his, 
her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the 
authority  of  the  seventh  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply 
with  such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have 
been  delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she, 
or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and 
the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s 
delay  thereafter. 


not  repaving. 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 
gravelling  certain  sidewalks  on  either  side  of  Warren  or 
Bloomsbury  street,  and  for  repaving  the  same  when  ne¬ 
cessary. 

Passed  October  1,  1855. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  on  Certain  ai- 
or  adjoining  either  side  of  Warren  or  Bloomsbury  streets,  between  bYpaved’ 10 
the  Assanpink  creek  bridge  and  Ferry  street,  in  the  fourth  ward, 
be  and  are  hereby  required  (except  where  the  same  is  already  done 
so  as  to  correspond  with  the  requisitions  of  this  ordinance)  to  grade, 
curb,  pave,  flag,  and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining 
their  respective  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with 
the  materials  herein  after  prescribed. 

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STREETS. 


Sidewalks  to 
be  graded. 


Curbstones, 
paving,  &c., 
regulated. 


Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  III.  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or 
lowered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present 
city  regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract 
with  the  common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have 
a  pitch  of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  half  an  inch 
to  eveiy  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set  in  front  of 
each  lot  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper 
giade  and  pitch;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand 
and  receive  for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the 
sum  of  two  cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth 
and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at  the  dis¬ 


tances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  prescribed  by  existing  ordinances. 
AVheie  the  distances  are  not  now  fixed  by  ordinance,  they  must  be  so 
set  that  the  distance  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  outside  of  the 
curbs  shall  be  one-fifth  part  of  the  whole  width  of  the  street.  These 
distances  may  be  changed,  at  the  request  of  any  lot  owner,  when 
circumstances  may  render  it  advisable,  by  consent  of  the  street 
committee,  if  approved  by  the  regulator  and  surveyor.  The  curb¬ 


stones  may  be  such  as  are  procured  either  from  the  quarries  in  the 
township  of  Ewing  or  from  those  on  the  Hudson  river;  if  the 
foimer ,  iney  must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick  on  the  top,  eighteen 
inches  deep,  and  two  feet  long;  if  the  latter,  they  must  be  a&t  least 
three  and  a  half  inches  thick  on  the  top,  sixteen  inches  deep,  and 
must  a\eiage  at  least  three  and  a  half  feet  long.  The  street  com¬ 
mittee  may  allow  the  omission  of  curbing  opposite  to  any  cartway, 
and  peimit  the  owner  or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such  curbing,  to  pave 
with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise  for  ease  of  access, 
and  if  paved  with  boulders  to  have  at  least  two  feet  of  flagstone  in 
the  centie.  Curbstones,  not  of  the  kind  above  described,  which  now 
stand  against  pavements  that  do  not  need  to  be  raised,  lowered,  nr  re- 
laid,  may  remain  until  such  pavements  become  so  worn  as  to  require 
relaying,  when  said  curbstones  shall  be  removed,  and  replaced  by 
such  as  are  herein  before  prescribed.. 

Hagstooea  to  Sec’  V’  That  the  Foments  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole 

be^edfor  bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses 

on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb¬ 
stones  to  the  houses ;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones ;  but  in  that 


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case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least 
four  feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones ;  the  residue  of  such 
cartway  may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edge¬ 
wise. 

Sec.  VI.  That  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any  Repairing  to 
sidewalk,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  in  conformity ^qStion 
with  this  ordinance,  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  up  so  as  committee 
to  render  it  necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot, 
alley,  or  passageway  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on 
being  notified  so  to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the 
common  council,  to  have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  as  said  notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient 
if  delivered  to  or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner,  or  any  one  of 
the  owners  (if  more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city  ;  but  if  none  of 
the  owners  reside  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  no¬ 
tice  be  set  up  at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting 
on  or  adjoining  said  sidewalk. 


Sec.  Vir.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas- Penalty  for 
sagewa.y,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition  for  the  space  of  sixty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nace,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  addi¬ 
tional  week’s  delay  thereafter. 

Sec.  VIII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas-  Penalty  for 
sageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have  his,  notlLpa'in'7’ 
her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the  au¬ 
thority  of  the  sixth  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply  with 
such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she,  or  they 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and  the  further 
sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s  delay  there¬ 
after. 


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STREETS. 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 
gravelling  certain  sidewalks,  and  for  repaving  the  same 
when  necessary. 

Passed  April  29,  1856. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same— 


Certain  al¬ 
leys,  &c.,  to 
be  paved. 


Sidewalks  to 
be  graded. 


Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting 
on  or  adjoining  either  side  of  Jackson  street  and  Mercer  street,  in 
the  third  ward,  from  Market  street  to  the  Philadelphia  and  Trenton 
railroad,  be  and  they  are  hereby  required  (except  where  the  same 
is  already  done  so  as  to  correspond  with  the  requisitions  of  this  or¬ 
dinance)  to  grade,  curb,  pave,  flag,  and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in 
fiont  of  or  adjoining  their  respective  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  in 
the  manner  and  with  the  materials  herein  after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council  are 
hereby  appointed  to  superintend  said  work. 

Sec.  HI.  That  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or  low¬ 
ered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present  city 
legulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract  with  the 


common  council.  Each  sidewalk,  when  paved,  shall  have  a  pitch 
of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than  half  an  inch  to  every 
foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the  curbstones.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to  set,  in  front  of  each  lot, 
all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show  the  proper  grade  and 
pitch;  foi  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  receive  for 
each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  the  sum  of  two  cents 
per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

pacing, °&cV  ^£C*  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth 

regulated,  and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at  the  dis¬ 
tances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  prescribed  by  existing  ordinances. 
On  those  streets  where  the  distances  are  not  now  fixed  by  ordinance, 
they  must  be  so  set  that  the  distance  from  the  line  of  the  street  to 
the  outside  of  the  curbs  shall  be  one-fifth  part  of  the  whole  width 
of  the  street.  These  distances  may  be  changed  at  the  request  of 
any  lot  owner,  when  circumstances  may  render  it  advisable,  by  con¬ 
sent  of  the  street  committee,  if  approved  by  the  regulator  and  sur- 
veyoi.  The  curbstones  may  be  such  as  are  procured  either  from 
the  quarries  in  the  township  of  Ewing  or  from  those  on  the  Hudson 
liver;  if  the  former,  they  must  be  at  least  five  inches  thick  on  the 


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top,  eighteen  inches  deep,  and  two  feet  long ;  if  the  latter,  they 
must  be  at  least  three  and  a  half  inches  thick  on  the  top,  sixteen 
inches  deep,  and  must  average  at  least  three  and  a  half  feet  long. 

Ihe  street  committee  may  allow  the  omission  of  curbing  opposite 
to  any  cartway,  and  permit  the  owner  or  occupant,  in  lieu  of  such 
curbing,  to  pave  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise  for 
ease  of  access ;  and  if  paved  with  boulders,  to  have  at  least  two 
feet  of  flagstone  in  the  centre.  Curbstones,  not  of  the  kind  above 
described,  which  now  stand  against  pavements  that  do  not  need  to 
be  raised,  lowered,  or  relaid,  may  remain  until  such  pavements  be¬ 
come  so  worn  as  to  require  relaying,  when  said  curbstones  shall 
be  removed,  and  replaced  by  such  as  are  herein  before  prescribed. 

Sec.  V.  That  the  pavements  shall  be  laid  with  good  hard  whole  Bricks  or 
bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses be“usedefor° 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb-pa'ing’ 
stones  to  the  houses  ;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 
cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  a  level  surface,  at  least  four 
feet  wide,  laid  with  smooth  flagstones  ;  the  residue  of  such  cartway 
may  be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise. 

Sec.  VI.  That  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any  side- Repairing  to 

walk,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  in  conformity  with  this  requisition 
J  J  J  9  of  street 

ordinance,  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  up  so  as  to  render  it  committee, 
necessary  that  said  sidewalk  be  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot,  alley,  or  passage¬ 
way  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on  being  notified  so 
to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council,  to 
have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole  or  in  part,  as  said 
notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient  if  delivered  to 
or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner  or  any  one  of  the  owners  fif 
more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city;  but  if  none  of  the  owners  re¬ 
side  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  notice  be  set  up 
at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting  on  or  adjoining 
said  sidewalk. 

Sec.  VII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  Penalty  for 

i  -i  i  •  1  •  •  •  i  i  a\  oidance. 

passageway,  who  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 
pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition  for  the  space  of  sixty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  penalty, 


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STREETS. 


and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional 
week’s  delay  thereafter. 

Penalty  for  Sec.  VIII.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or 
p  b  passageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have 
his,  her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the 
authority  of  the  sixth  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply 
with  such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have 
been  delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she, 
or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and 
the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s 
delay  thereafter. 


An  ordinance  to  specify  the  conditions  on  which  the  Bel- 
videre  Delaware  railroad  may  he  constructed  through 
the  city  of  Trenton.  . 

Passed  October  11,  1849. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


on  whfchS  Sec.  "^at  ^e  Belvidere  Delaware  Railroad  Company  are 
railroad  may  hereby  authorized  to  construct  their  railroad  through  the  city  of 

be  construct-  °  J 

ed.  lrenton,  on  the  route  now  located  by  them,  upon  the  following 

conditions,  to  wit :  first,  that  the  grade  of  said  road,  where  the 
same  crosses  any  public  street,  shall  be  determined  and  fixed  by 
the  street  committee  and  the  city  surveyor,  so  as  in  their  judgment 
will  be  least  injurious  and  most  beneficial  to  private  property  and 
the  general  interest  of  the  city;  second,  that  the  grade  so  established 
shall  not  be  alterable  by  the  company  without  the  assent  of  the 
common  council ;  third,  that  all  alterations  in  the  grades  of  the 
several  streets  and  sidewalks,  all  resetting  of  curbs  and  relaying  of 
pavements,  which  in  the  opinion  of  the  street  committee  and  the 
city  surveyor  may  be  rendered  necessary  by  the  construction  of 
said  railroad,  shall  be  made  under  the  supervision  of  said  street  com¬ 
mittee  and  surveyor,  and  paid  for  by  said  company;  fourth,  through 
the  whole  city  the  railroad  shall  be  preserved  on  a  level,  as  nearly 
as  practicable,  to  prevent  the  danger  of  cars  running  by  their  own 
gravity. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  city  surveyor,  with  the  engineer  of  the  said 


STREETS. 


83 


railroad  company,  shall  make  a  report  in  writing,  under  their  hands  City  survey, 
to  the  common  council,  as  soon  as  practicable,  of  the  grade  which  grade, 
may  be  determined  and  fixed  as  aforesaid,  to  the  end  that  a  per¬ 
petual  record  of  said  grade  may  be  preserved. 


An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  Trenton  Iron  Company  to 
cross  certain  streets  with  a  railroad. 

Passed  April  5,  1353. 

Whereas  the  Trenton  Iron  Company  have  secured  the  right  ofpreambie. 
way  through  private  property  for  a  railroad  from  the  wiie  mill, 
on  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  canal,  to  the  rolling  mill  of  the 
said  company,  on  the  Delaware  river,  and  desire  to  construct 
and  operate  the  same  as  soon  as  authority  is  granted  to  cross 
the  streets  lying  on  the  route  of  the  same — therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — - 

That  the  Trenton  Iron  Company  are  hereby  authorized  and  Company 
empowered  to  construct  and  operate  said  railroad  across  the  to  gowjtj. 
streets  lying  on  the  route  of  the  same,  on  a  level  with  the  giade  of 
the  said  streets  established  by  the  city  surveyor,  and  shall,  under 
his  direction,  arrange  suitable  crossing  in  the  usual  manner  for  the 
passage  of  vehicles,  and  keep  the  same  in  repair,  and  may  extend 
the  said  railroad  in  front  of  the  state  prison  to  the  basin  of  the  said 
company  on  Washington  street. 


A.n  ordinance  to  authorize  Ilenry  13.  Ch.um.ar  to  consti  net 

a  vault. 

Passed  April  3,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  oj 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  Henry  B,  Chumar  be  authorized  to  construct  avauUmay^ 
vault  under  the  street  or  wugonvvay  in  iront  of  the  house  No.  12  ca. 


84 


*  STREETS. 


East  State  street,  in  this  city,  subject  to  such  restrictions  as  shall 
herein  after  be  provided. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  depth  of  said  vault  be  determined  by  the 
party  sinking  it. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  outer  lines  of  the  wall  upon  the  eastern  and 
western  extremities  of  said  vault  shall  not  extend  beyond  the  outer 
lines  of  the  walls  of  the  house  in  front  of  which  it  is  constructed. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  southern  outer  line  of  the  wall  of  said  vault, 
running  parallel  with  East  State  street,  shall  not  be  moie  than 
eight  feet  from  the  curbing,  as  it  now  stands,  upon  the  north  side 


Party  to  re¬ 
store  street 
to  original 
condition. 


Construc¬ 
tion  under 
direction  of 
street  com¬ 
mittee. 


of  the  street. 

Sec.  V.  That  the  arch  and  supporting  walls  of  said  vault  shall 
be  of  such  strength  as  that,  in  the  opinion  of  the  street  committee, 
no  accident  can  occur  from  any  probable  external  pressure. 

Sec.  VI.  That  after  the  arch  of  the  vault  shall  have  been  com¬ 
pleted  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  street  committee,  the  party  con¬ 
structing  the  vault  shall,  at  his  own  expense,  cause  the  street  over 
the  vault  to  be  put  in  as  good  condition  as  it  was  previous  to  tear¬ 
ing  up  and  opening  the  same;  but  he  shall  not  be  compelled  to 
keep  the  street  in  repair  thereafter,  except  when  repairs  are  re¬ 
quired  by  the  sinking  or  giving  way  of  the  walls  or  parts  connected 
with  the  structure  of  said  vault. 

Sec.  VII.  That  in  constructing  said  vault,  the  said  Henry  E. 
Chumar  shall  be  under  the  direction  and  subject  to  the  control  of 
the  street  committee,  and  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  undei- 
stood  to  give  him  any  authority  to  do  said  work,  except  at  such 
times  and  within  such  period  as  the  street  committee  shall  direct 
and  permit;  and  if  at  any  time  after  such  vault  shall  be  erected,  it 
shall  become  injurious  or  dangerous  to  the  public,  or  shall  in  any 
manner  hinder  or  prevent  the  full  and  free  use  of  the  sidewalk  or 
street,  upon  which  the  opinion  of  common  council  shall  be  final 
and  conclusive,  then  the  said  Henry  B.  Chumar,  his  heiis  and  as¬ 
signs,  shall  cause  said  vault  to  be  removed,  and  the  said  sidewalk 
and  street  to  be  restored  to  the  condition  in  which  it  was  before 
said  vault  was  built;  and  if  he  or  they  shall  fail  to  do  so  after  no¬ 
tice,  the  same  may  be  done  by  direction  of  council,  and  the  said 
Henry  B.  Chumar,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  shall  reimburse  the  city 


for  the  expense  thereof. 

Not  to  inter-  Sec.  VIII.  That  in  constructing  said  vault,  the  said  Henry  B. 
tfero7ga6Wa'  Chumar  is  not  to  interfere  with  any  arrangement  of  the  water  or 
pipes,b  gas  pipes,  without  consent  of  the  companies  owning  said  pipes. 


i 


STREETS. 


85 


An  ordinance  concerning  the  streets. 

Passed  October  16,  1854'. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  hereafter  whenever  any  person  or  persons  or  body  Excavations, 
corporate  shall  remove  the  pavement,  or  make  any  excavation  in  filled.0  be 
the  sidewalks  of  any  of  the  public  streets,  lanes,  or  alleys  of  the 
city  of  1  renton,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  person  or  persons  or 
body  corporate  to  repave  the  same,  or  refill  the  said  excavation 
within  the  space  of  forty-eight  hours  after  the  taking  up  of  the  said 
pavement  or  the  commencement  of  making  said  excavation,  and  on 
failure  theieof  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  one  dollar  for  each 
houi  that  he,  she,  or  they  shall  be  or  remain  in  default. 

Sec.  II.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  or  Excavations 
body  corporate,  having  the  right  of  laying  water  or  gas  pipes  inlimited* 
the  city  of  Trenton,  to  leave  open  at  any  one  time  any  trench  or 
excavation  in  any  of  the  public  streets,  lanes,  or  alleys  of  the  said 
city  of  a  greater  length  than  two  hundred  feet;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  such  person  or  persons  or  body  corporate  fully  and  com¬ 
pletely  to  fill  up  such  trench  or  excavation,  so  as  to  restore  the  said 
street,  lane,  or  alley  in  all  respects  to  its  original  condition  before 
making  any  further  or  other  trench  or  excavation  ;  said  filling  up  to 
be  puddled  or  pounded,  as  the  nature  of  the  soil  may  require,  and 
to  be  done  and  completed  within  forty-eight  hours  from  and  after 
the  commencement  of  making  such  trench  or  excavation ;  and  fur¬ 
ther,  it  shall  be  his,  her,  or  their  duty  to  erect  sufficient  barriers 
around  such  trench  or  excavation  to  prevent  persons  or  cattle  from 
falling  therein,  and  if  the  same  shall  remain  open  at  night,  in  addi¬ 
tion,  to  place  such  lights  as  shall  be  necessary  to  warn  persons  of 
the  danger ;  and  that  any  person  or  persons  or  body  corporate  fail¬ 
ing  to  comply  with  the  requirements  or  infringing  the  prohibitions 
of  this  section  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  and  every  offence  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  III.  That  if  the  work,  or  any  part  thereof  mentioned  in- street  com- 
the  preceding  section,  in  repairing  or  filling  the  trenches  or  exca-  woTprof6 
vations  aforesaid  shall  be  unskilfully  or  imperfectly  done,  it  shall perly  done* 
be  lawful  for  the  street  committee  of  the  said  city  forthwith  to 
cause  the  same  to  be  skilfully  and  properly  done,  and  to  keep  an 
account  of  the  expense  thereof;  and  in  such  case,  instead  of  the 

H 


86 


STREETS. 


Regulations 

concerning 

stopcocks. 


Marshal’s 
duty  in  the 
premises. 


Street  com¬ 
mittee  to  is¬ 
sue  permits 
in  certain 
cases. 


forfeiture  above  mentioned,  such  person  or  persons  or  body  corpo¬ 
rate  in  default  as  aforesaid  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  a  sum 
equal  to  the  whole  of  the  said  expense  incurred  by  the  said  street 
committee,  with  an  addition  of  fifty  per  cent. 

Sec.  IV.  That  all  covers  for  stopcocks,  which  shall  hereafter  be 
placed  in  the  streets,  lanes,  or  alleys  of  the  said  city,  shall  be  laid 
in  a  boulder  stone  pavement,  of  at  least  five  feet  in  diameter,  and 
shall  be  placed  two  inches  above  the  curbstones  on  either  side 
where  said  stopcocks  are  in  the  centre  of  the  said  streets,  lanes,  or 
alleys;  and  any  person  or  body  corporate  failing  to  comply  with 
the  requirements  of  this  section  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of 
five  dollars. 

Sec.  V.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  marshal  of  the  said  city 
to  make  all  necessary  complaints  for  violations  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance,  and  to  see  that  the  foregoing  fines  are  collected 
according  to  law,  for  which  service,  in  each  case,  he  shall  be  en¬ 
titled  to  the  sum  of  one  dollar. 

Sec.  VI.  That  in  case  of  any  improvement  or  alteration  requir¬ 
ing  a  trench  or  excavation  in  the  sidewalks  or  in  any  of  the  public 
streets,  lanes,  or  alleys  of  the  said  city,  which  cannot  reasonably 
be  completed  within  the  times  respectively  in  this  ordinance  limited, 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  street  committee,  or  any  two  of  them,  on 
application  in  that  respect  made  to  them,  to  give  a  written  permit 
to  the  person  or  persons  or  body  corporate  desiring  to  make  such 
improvement  or  alteration,  therein  defining  the  extent  and  duration 
of  such  privileges;  and  if  such  person  or  persons  or  body  corpo¬ 
rate  shall  in  all  respects  conform  to  such  permit,  then  he,  she,  or 
they  shall  not  be  liable  to  any  of  the  forfeitures  aforesaid;  but  in 
case  of  a  violation  of  such  permit,  then  the  same  to  be  void,  and 
the  person  or  persons  or  body  corporate  guilty  of  the  violation 
thereof  to  be  liable  to  the  same  penalties  as  though  the  said  per¬ 
mit  had  never  been  given. 


*•  ,  *  r 


f.  - 


MARKETS, 


87 


An  ordinance  relative  to  building  an  addition  to  tbe  pre¬ 
sent  market  house  north  of  Hanover  street,  and  for  bor¬ 
rowing  tbe  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  to  complete  tbe 
same. 

Passed  August  21,  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


Sec.  I.  That  there  shall  be  erected  and  added  to  the  north  end  Addition  of 
of  the  present  market  in  Greene  street  an  addition  of  one  hundred  present  mar¬ 
aud  thirty  feet,  corresponding  with  the  present  market;  the  north 
end  thereof  to  be  finished  in  the  style  and  manner  of  the  present 
market. 

Sec.  1  [.  That  the  treasurer  of  the  city  is  hereby  authorized  and  Proposals  for 

.  J  J  loan  of  $2000, 

directed  to  issue  proposals  for  a  loan  of  two  thousand  dollars,  for 
erecting  the  said  addition  to  the  present  market  house,  and  the 
faith  of  the  city  is  hereby  pledged  to  the  lenders  of  the  same  for 
the  payment  thereof,  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per 
annum. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  treasurer  shall  receive  proposals  for  the  whole  Certificates 
sum  or  for  any  portion  thereof  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars, £sued.kt°bf 
and  for  the  sums  borrowed  shall  issue  certificates  of  stock  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annu¬ 
ally  on  the  first  days  of  September  and  March  in  each  year,  and 
the  principal  reimbursable  on  the  first  day  of  September,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-three. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  money  borrowed  on  the  certificates  issued  Money  bor- 
under  this  ordinance  shall  be  known  as  a  part  of  the  market  house  a  lien  on 
debt,  and  shall  be  a  lien  on  the  rents  of  the  market  houses,  which  ket  houses? 
rents  are  hereby  pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  and 
interest  thereof,  in  addition  to  the  first  section  of  the  act  passed 
June  twelfth,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-five. 

Sec.  V.  That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  toConstruc- 

.  .  ,,  ,  .  .  ,,  ,  ,  ,  .  tion  of  ordi* 

vitiate  any  or  the  provisions  or  the  act  relative  to  the  market  nance, 
houses,  passed  June  twelfth,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-five;  and 
this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  upon  the  passage 
thereof. 


I  have  examined  and  considered,  and  do  hereby  signify  my  ap¬ 
probation  of  the  above  ordinance. — Witness  my  hand,  this  thirty- 
first  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1848. 


Sam,  R.  Hamilton,  Mayor ,  Sfc. 


88 


MARKETS. 


An  ordinance  to  prevent  butcher’s  meats  from  being  sold 

■out  of  tbe  public  markets. 

Passed  March  8,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Meats  to  be  Sec.  I.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  it 
pubiicma?  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  sell  or  barter,  or 
expose  for  sale  or  barter,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of 
Trenton,  except  in  the  public  market  houses  of  the  said  city,  any 
fresh  beef,  mutton,  lamb,  or  veal;  and  if  any  person  or  persons 
shall  hereafter  sell  or  barter,  or  expose  for  sale  or  barter,  any 
fresh  beef,  mutton,  lamb,  or  veal,  in  any  shop,  store,  building, 
street,  or  other  place  within  the  said  corporate  limits  (except  in 
the  public  market  houses  as  aforesaid),  he,  she,  or  they  so  offend¬ 
ing  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  the  mayor,  recorder,  or 
either  of  the  aldermen  of  the  said  city,  upon  the  complaint  of  any 
person  or  persons,  forfeit  and  pay,  for  each  and  every  offence, 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  to  be  levied  of  his,  her,  or  their 
Proviso.  goods  and  chattels  according  to  law;  'provided,  that  nothing  herein 
contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  any  butcher  paying  rent 
for  a  stall  in  the  public  market  from  selling  or  disposing  of  any 
kind  of  meat  at  his  dwelling  or  slaughter  house  at  any  time  before 
or  after  market  hours. 

Sec.  II.  That»all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  conflicting 
with  this  ordinance  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


An  ordinance  to  suspend  tlie  operation  of'  certain  ordinances, 
therein  mentioned,  within  the  boundaries  of  the  third 
and  fourth  wards. 

Passed  May  5,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  the  operation  of  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance 
concerning  the  markets,”  passed  September  eighteenth,  eighteen 


MARKETS. 


89 


hundred  and  forty-five,  and  all  supplements  thereto,  be  and  the  same 
are  hereby  suspended  in  the  third  and  fourth  wards  of  said  city  of 
Irenton,  until  a  market  house  or  market  houses  shall  be  erected 
within  the  boundaries  of  the  same. 


An  ordinance  concerning  the  markets. 


Passed  March  7,  1853. 

I^E  IT  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


Sec.  I.  That  from  and  after  the  passing  of  this  act,  a  market  shall  Market  days 
be  held  at  the  market  houses  in  the  city  of  Trenton,  on  every  Tues-  “*  h°Ur8' 
day  and  Thursday,  from  daylight  until  two  o’clock  in  the  afternoon, 
and  on  Saturday,  from  daylight  until  two  o’clock  in  the  afternoon, 

and  from  six  until  nine  o’clock  in  the  evening,  in  each  and  every 
week. 


Sec.  II.  That  part  of  Greene  street  in  the  city  of  Trenton  lying  Market  lim- 
between  and  extending  from  State  street  to  Academy  street  shall its' 
be  the  bounds  and  limits  of  the  market  place ;  and  no  person  or 
peisons  shall  sell,  or  offer  for  sale  during  market  hours  of  any  mar¬ 
ket  day,  any  kind  of  marketing  intended  to  be  disposed  of  in  the 
common  market,  except  within  the  above  bounds  or  limits,  in  any 
one  of  the  public  streets  of  the  city;  and  any  person  or  persons 
buying  or  selling  any  kind  of  marketing  intended  to  be  disposed  of 
in  the  common  market  outside  of  the  above  named  limits,  during 
market  hours  on  any  market  day,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of 

one  dollar  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  to  be  recovered,  with 
costs,  according  to  law. 

Sec.  III.  No  kind  of  vehicle,  other  than  a  wheelbarrow,  shall,  at  Vehicles  not 
any  time  from  daylight  until  nine  o’clock  in  the  forenoon,  remain 
in  Gieene  street  between  State  and  Academy  streets  after  having  lts‘ 
been  allowed  ten  minutes  to  load  or  unload  the  same;  and  the  own- 
ei  or  owners,  or  person  or  persons  having  charge  of  any  such  ve¬ 
hicle  so  remaining  in  said  limits  longer  than  the  above  mentioned 
time,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  and  every 
such  offence,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Sec.  IV.  No  horse,  mare,  mule,  or  oxen  shall  stand  in  that  part  ““ 
of  Greene  street  between  State  and  Academy  streets  before  nine  ttTket 


99 


MARKETS. 


Filth,  &c., 
not  to  be 
thrown  in 
market  lim- 

its. 


o’clock  in  the  forenoon  ;  and  the  owner  or  owners,  or  person  or 
persons  using  or  having  charge  of  the  same,  violating  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  forfeit  and  pay  one  dollar  for  each  and  every 
such  offence,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs*  according  to  law.. 

Sec.  V.  No  person  shall  at  any  time  throw,  lay,  or  leave  any 
heads,  feet,  offal,  or  other  garbage  of  creatures,  or  water  melon 
shells,  or  any  other  vegetable  substances  or  nauseous  matter  what¬ 
soever  in  any  part  of  Greene  street  included  between  State  and 
Academy  streets,  under  the  penalty  of  one  dollar,  to  be  recovered, 
with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Markethours  Sec.  VI.  No  person  or  persons  shall  sell,  or  offer  for  sale  within 
hies  and &  the  market  bounds,  during  any  day  after  the  hour  of  four  o’clock 
in  the  afternoon  of  said  day,  any  water  or  musk  melons,  or  other 
fruit  or  vegetables,  or  leave  such  water  melons  or  musk  melons,  or 
other  fruit  or  vegetables,  within  such  bounds  after  the  above  men¬ 
tioned  hour,  under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every, 
such  offence,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Penalty  for  Sec.  VII.  Any  person  or  persons  offering  for  sale,  or  selling. 
terh&gc.^d.e".  within  the  bounds  of  the  market,  bread,  butter,  meat,  or  lard,  in 
wefght.m  lumps  purporting  the  same  to  be  in  pounds,  and  on  the  examination. 

of  the  clerk  of  the  market  such  lumps  prove  deficient  in  weight, 
such  bread,  butter,  meat,  or  lard  shall  be  forfeited,  and  the  clerk  of 
the  market  shall  take  charge  of  the  same,  as  herein  after  directed. 
Penalty  for  Sec.  VIII.  Any  person  or  persons  buying,  during  market  hours, 
again  for SeU  any  kind  of  provision,  in  the  common  market,  or  bounds  thereof,, 
higher  price.  ^  frwards  selling  or  offering  the  same  for  sale  for  a  higher 
price,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  five  dollars  for  every  such  offence,  to  be 
recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Sec.  IX.  Any  person  or  persons  buying  any  kind  of  provisions 
in  the  common  market,  or  bounds  thereof,  before  nine  o’clock  in 
the  forenoon,  with  intent  to  carry  the  same  to  some  other  market, 
or  place  for  sale,  or  to  expose  the  same  to  sale  in  the  city  of  Tren¬ 
ton,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence  ten  dollars,  to  be 
recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Kb  person  to  Sec.  X.  Any  person  or  persons  buying,  during  market  hours  in. 
t bail1  twenty  the  common  market,  a  greater  quantity  of  butter  than  twenty 
Sutter.901  pounds,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence  one  dollar,  to 
be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Stalls  not  Sec.  XI.  All  stalls,  or  parts  of  stalls,  excepting  those  rented  to 
uu'£r  dlrec-  butchers,  and  also  those  rented  to  others,  while  occupied  by  the 
k°tnn°ouTear’  tenant  or  tenants  with  marketing,  shall  be  subject  to  such  rules  as 
committee.  market  committee,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  make  for  the, 

better  regulation  of  the  market. 


Penalty  for 
buying  to 
sell  again. 


MARKETS.  91 

Sec.  XII.  Steelyards  shall  not  at  any  time  be  used  within  the  Steelyards 
market  bounds  or  limits,  in  weighing  any  kind  of  provisions  offered  used.° 
for  sale,  under  the  penalty  of  fifty  cents  for  each  and  every  such 
offence,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  tew. 

Sec.  XIII.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market  to  attend'  Renting  of 
at  the  City  Hall  on  the  Saturday  next  preceding  the  first  day  0f8talle' 
April,  in  each  year,  at  ten  o’clock  in  the  forenoon,  and  rent,  under 
the  direction  of  the  market  house  committee,  the  several  stalls  in 
the  market  houses  for  such  sum  or  sums  as  the  market  house  com¬ 
mittee  shall  direct  to  be  affixed  to  them  respectively;  [one-fourth  See  supple- 
part  of  said  rent  to  be  paid  immediately,  and  one-fourth  part  to  be™mter2&,°* 
paid  before  the  commencement  of  each  succeeding  quarter.  The  18jJ’ 
clerk  of  the  market  shall  take  possession  of  the  stall  on  the  first 
day  of  each  succeeding  quarter,  if  the  money  shall  not  have  been 
paid,  and  report  to  the  market  house  committee,  and  let  the  same 
to  the  first  applicant,  at  the  rates  aforesaid.  No  more  than  two  stalls 
shall  be  let  to  or  held  by  any  person,  on  any  pretence  whatever, 
and  said  stalls  shall  adjoin  each  other.]  No  tenant  shall  rent  his  stall 
to  any  other  person  for  the  remainder  of  his  term,  or  underlet  the 
same  in  any  manner,  without  the  consent  of  the  market  house  com¬ 
mittee,  for  that  purpose  first  had  and  obtained  ;  [; provided  always  Proviso, 
.that  it  shall  not  be  let  to  any  person  already  holding  two  stalls.] 

Each  tenant  shall  have  possession  of  his  stall  on  the  first  day  of 
April  next  after  renting  the  same,  and  shall  hold  possession  until 
the  day  fixed  for  lettiing  in  the  succeeding  year;  'provided  however ,  Proviso., 
that  the  tenants  of  stalls  numbers  29,  30,  31,  32,  33,  34,  35,  and  36, 
in  the  lower  market,  shall  have  possession  of  their  respective  stalls 
on  the  tenth  day  of  June  next  after  renting  the  same.  Any  tenant 
of  a  stall  violating  or  neglecting  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  deemed  thereby  to  have  forfeited  all  right  to 
the  tenure  and  occupancy  of  his  stall  or  stalls;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market  forth  with  to  take  possession  of  the 
same,  and  relet  the  same  to  the  highest  bidder  for  the  remainder  of 
the  term;  and  it  is  further  provided,  that  nothing  herein  contained  Proviso 
shall  in  any  wise  conflict  with  the  rights  of  those  butchers  who 
purchased  the  choice  of  stalls  in  the  lower  market  at  the  first  letting 
of  the  same. 

Sec.  XIV.  No  stall  or  stands  in  the  markets  shall  be  let  to  any  Penalty  fo? 
person  or  persons,  to  occupy  the  same  for  the  sale  of  shad  for  a  Ses! 
later  period  from  the  annual  letting  of  stalls  than  the  tenth  day  of 
June,  in  each  year;  and  no  person  shall  be  allowed  to  sell  the  same 
out  of  any  wagon  within  the  bounds  of  said  market,  nor  shall  be- 


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allowed  to  use  any  place  in  any  of  the  public  streets  of  this  city 
for  a  fish  stand,  under  a  penalty  of  one  dollar,  to  be  recovered, 
with  costs,  according  to  law.  No  person  shall  bring  shad  into  this 
city,  and  offer  or  expose  the  same  for  sale,  after  the  fifteenth  day 
of  J une,  in  each  year,  under  a  penalty  of  one  dollar,  to  be  reco¬ 
vered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Penalty  for  Sec.  XV.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  at  any  time  here- 

edfish,  meat,  after  sell,  or  offer  for  sale,  within  this  city,  any  fish,  meat,  or  other 
provisions  that  are  tainted  or  spoiled,  or  the  flesh  or  meat  of  any 
animal  that  was  diseased  at  the  time  of  being  slaughtered  or  that 
died  a  natural  death,  or  any  fruit  or  vegetables  that  are  in  a  state 
of  decomposition,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence  the 
sum  of  ten  dollars,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market,  upon  his  own  know¬ 
ledge  or  upon  the  information  of  any  other  person  or  persons  of 
any  of  the  foregoing  abuses,  to  proceed  immediately  to  prosecute 
the  offenders  according  to  law. 

clerk ofmar-  Sec.  XV  I.  The  clerk  of  the  market,  before  he  enters  upon  the 

bond.  a  duties  of  his  office,  shall,  together  with  two  sureties,  to  be  approved 
of  by  the  common  council,  become  hound  to  “  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  City  of  Trenton”  in  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  dollars,  with 
condition,  that  if  he  shall  in  all  things  well  and  faithfully  perform 
all  and  singular  the  duties  required  of  him  by  law,  as  clerk  of  the 
market,  and  shall  well  and  truly  pay  to  the  treasurer  of  the  city  all 
such  money  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  received  by  him  as  clerk 
ol  the  market,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  then  the  obligation  to  be 
void  and  of  no  effect,  otherwise  to  be  and  remain  in  full  force  and 
virtue. 


Regulations 
of  stalls. 


Hucksters 
not  to  sell  in 
market. 


Sec.  XVII.  No  person  or  persons,  during  market  hours,  shall 
allow  the  articles  by  them  offered  for  sale,  nor  the  tubs,  baskets,  or 
other  things  used  by  them  for  their  accommodation,  to  extend  into 
the  market  house  farther  than  two  feet  six  inches  from  the  inside 
of  the  stalls;  and  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  cause  or  suffer 
such  articles,  tubs,  baskets,  or  other  things,  to  be  placed  or  remain 
otherwise  than  is  herein  directed  and  mentioned,  after  receiving 
notice  from  the  clerk  of  the  market,  such  person  or  persons  so  of¬ 
fending  shall  pay  for  every  such  offence  the  sum  of  fifty  cents,  to 
be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law\ 

Sec.  XVIII.  No  huckster,  or  person  who  follows  the  business 
of  a  huckster,  or  of  selling  water  melons,  musk  melons,  nutmegs,- 
peaches,  pickles,  sweet  potatoes,  green  corn,  or  any  article  of  mar¬ 
keting  at  second  hand,  shall  at  any  time  sell  or  offer  for  sale  within 


MARKETS. 


'Siio  bruits  of  the  market  place,  except  on  his  or  their  property  of* 
regularly  rented  market  stall,  stand,  or  space,  any  such  articles,  un¬ 
der  penalty  of  forfeiting  for  every  such  offence  the  sum  of  one  dol¬ 
lar,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Src.  XIX.  All  butchers  and  other  persons  using  or  occupying  Further  re- 
any  of  the  stalls  in  the  market  houses,  shall,  before  they  leave  the  stalls!0113 
market,  place,  or  cause  to  be  placed,  all  blocks  and  benches  used 
by  them  in  the  market  houses  under  the  planks  of  the  respective 
stalls,  so  that  the  saia  blocks  or  benches  shall  not  extend  in  any 
way  beyond  the  edges  of  the  said  planks  more  than  three  inches; 
and  if  any  owner  or  occupier  of  the  said  blocks  or  benches  shall 
suffer  the  same  to  remain  or  be  placed  otherwise  than  is  herein  di¬ 
rected,  such  person  so  offending  shall  pay  the  sum  of  one  dollar, 
to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to  law. 

Sec.  XX.  Every  person  bringing,  in  any  wagon,  cart,  or  other  Sales  not  to 
carriage,  any  article  or  articles  to  the  said  market,  to  be  exposed  from  wagons 
foi  sale  therein,  shall  unlade  the  said  wagon,  cart,  or  other  carriage, 
and  remove  the  said  article  or  articles  therefrom  before  he  shall 
sell  or  divide,  or  cut  into  pieces  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  any  such 
article  or  articles. 

Sec.  XXI.  All  kinds  of  sea  fish  brought  into  this  city  for  sale  Sea  fish  mar- 
shall  be  placed  and  kept  at  the  north  end  of  the  lower  market,  and  ^et 
between  the  said  north  end  of  the  lower  market  and  Hanover  street; 
and  no  wagon  containing,  or  for  the  sale  of  sea  fish,  shall  be  per¬ 
mitted  to  stand  in  such  place  later  than  nine  o’clock  in  the  evening; 
and  any  person  or  persons  selling  or  offering  for  sale,  during  mar¬ 
ket  hours  of  any  market  day,  such  fish,  except  within  the  above 
limits,  or  otherwise  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  with  costs,  for  each  and  every 
such  offence,  to  be  recovered  according  to  law. 

Sec.  XXI).  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market  toDutiest)f 
attend  in  the  said  market  in  market  hours,  and  at  such  other  times £* 01 
as  may  be  necessary,  to  enforce  the  rules,  laws,  and  ordinances  of 
the  common  council  respecting  the  market;  to  cause  the  market 
houses  to  be  kept  clean,  and  to  prevent  any  offal,  garbage,  or  filth 
from  being  thrown  or  remaining  in  or  about  the  same;  to  prevent 
any  unsound  or  unwholesome  provisions  from  being  sold  ;  to  attend 
with  the  public  scales  and  a  sufficient  number  of  sealed  weights  in 
market  during  market  hours;  to  decide  disputes  between  buyers 
and  sellers  respecting  the  weights  and  measures  of  things  bought 
a-nd  sold  in  the  market ;  to  try  scales,  weights,  and  measures  ;  to 
weigh  and  examine  all  meat,  butter,  or  lard,  sold  in  lumps  or  offered 


94 


MARKETS. 


for  sale  in  the  market;  and  if  on  trial  he  shall  find  the  same  tiDt  of 
full  weight,  he  is  hereby  required  and  commanded  to  take  and  se¬ 
cure  the  same,  one  half  for  his  own  use,  and  the  the  other  half  to 


Penalty  for 
interfering 
with  duties 
of  clerk. 


Clerk  to  re¬ 
move  filth. 


Penalty  for 
sellingbutch- 
er’s  meat  out 
of  market. 


See  23d  sec¬ 
tion  of  third 
ward  market 
ordinance, 
March  13, 


be  by  him  sold,  and  the  moneys  arising  therefrom  to  be  paid  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  said  city,  for  the  use  of  the  city;  said  clerk  shall 
also  report  in  writing,  on  the  first  day  of  every  month,  all  his  pro-" 
ceedings  of  the  previous  month  to  the  market  house  committee. 

Sec.  XXllI.  Any  person  or  persons  endeavoring  to  discour^ 
age  the  clerk  of  the  market  from  doing  his  duty,  or  officiously 
interfering  therein,  thereby  encouraging  transgressors  to  persist 
in  violating  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  he,  she,  or  they  so  offend¬ 
ing  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  use  of  the  city  five  dollars  for  each 
and  every  such  offence,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to 
law. 

Sec.  XXIV.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market  to 
cause  all  the  filth,  rubbish,  and  manure  collected  within  the  limits 
of  the  market  to  be  scraped  off  and  removed  to  some  safe  and 
convenient  place,  for  the  use  of  the  city  farm  ;  and  it  shall  also  be 
the  duty  of  said  clerk  to  wash  out  the  market  houses  on  every  Sa¬ 
turday  afternoon,  from  the  first  day  of  April  to  the  first  day  of 
October,  and  once  every  month  during  the  remainder  of  the  year. 

Sec.  XXV.  No  person  who  follows  the  business  of  a  butcher 
shall  go  about  the  city,  and  sell  or  retail  within  the  limits  of  the 
city,  from  a  wagon,  cart,  or  otherwise,  any  of  what  is  generally 
known  as  butcher’s  meat;  and  any  person  or  persons  offending 
against  this  ordinance  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence 
the  sum  of  four  dollars,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs,  according  to 
law,  one  half  for  the  use  of  the  city,  and  the  other  half  for  the 
informer. 

Sec.  XXVI.  That  the  operation  of  the  preceding  section  of 
this  ordinance  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  suspended  in  the  third 
and  fourth  wards  of  this  city,  until  a  market  house  or  market  houses 


shall  be  erected  within  the  boundaries  of  said  wards. 

Sec.  XXVII.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  smoke  a  segar 
Smoking  in  or  pipe,  or  shall  have  or  carry  a  lighted  segar  or  pipe  in  the  mar- 
WddenT  f°r"  ket  houses  during  market  hours,  shall,  after  due  notice  has  been 
given,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  to  be  recovered,  with 
costs,  according  to  law. 

Sec.  XXVIII.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  wilfully  or 
Penalty  for  negligently  cut,  deface,  or  disfigure  any  part  or  parts  of  the  mar- 
nfarketf.  kets  erected  in  this  city,  he  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every 


MARKETS. 


95 


such  offence  the  sum  of  five  dollars,  to  be  recovered,  with  costs, 
according  to  law. 

Sec.  XXIX.  The  clerk  of  the  market  is  hereby  authorized  and  Clerk  to  col- 
required  to  ask,  demand,  and  receive,  by  suit  or  otherwise,  all  and 
every  of  the  fines  and  forfeitures  incurred  by  the  breach  of  each 
and  every  section  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  XXX.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  clerk  of  the  market  tocierk  not  to 
purchase,  for  any  person  or  persons,  any  kind  of  marketing  during  marketing 
market  hours  within  the  bounds  of  said  market,  under  the  penalty  fo1  others* 
of  removal  from  office  by  the  common  council. 

Sec.  XXXI.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market,  clerk  and 
under  the  direction  of  the  market  house  committee  to  designate 
and  rent  all  stands  within  the  market  houses,  or  the  limits  thereof  stands’ &c* 
not  otherwise  provided  for  in  this  ordinance,  for  such  sum  or  sums 
as  they,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  deem  just  and  proper. 

Sec.  XXXII.  Clerk’s  salary. — Repealed. 

Sec.  XXXIII.  That  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  on  the  when  ordi- 
nineteenth  day  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-three,  and  effect. totake 
that  all  ordinances  and  supplements  thereto  concerning  the  mar¬ 
kets  be  and  the  same  hereby  are*  repealed,  as  soon  as  this  ordi¬ 
nance  goes  into  effect. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance 
concerning  the  markets,”  passed  March  seventh,  eighteen 
hundred  and  fifty-three. 

Passed  November  20,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
T?  • enton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  Clerk’s  salary. — Repealed. 

Sec.  II.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market  to  wash  Market hous- 
out  and  thoroughly  cleanse  the  market  houses,  at  least  three  times  cfetmsedpe- 
a  week  from  the  first  day  of  April  to  the  first  day  of  October,  innodlcally- 
every  year,  and  at  least  twice  a  month  during  the  rest  of  the  year; 
and  it  shall  also  be  his  duty  to  have  the  streets  around  the  markets, 
within  the  market  limits,  thoroughly  cleansed,  under  the  direction 
of  the  market  house  committee,  at  least  once  in  each  week  during 
the  year. 


96 


MARKETS. 


\ 


Rent  of  stalls 
to  be  paid  in 
advance. 


Part  of  for¬ 
mer  ordi~ 
nance  re¬ 
pealed. 


Sec.  III.  That  hereafter  the  rent  of  the  several  stalls  in  the  ma:> 
ket  houses  shall  be  paid  in  advance  as  follows,  that  is  to  say :  for 
all  stalls  rented  for  a  less  term  than  one  year,  the  rent  shall  be  paid 
in  advance  on  taking  possession  of  the  same  ;  for  all  stalls  rented 
for  a  year,  one  half  of  the  rent  shall  be  paid  by  the  tenant  at  the 
time  of  renting  the  same,  and  the  other  half  of  said  rent  shall  be 
paid  on  the  first  day  of  October  next  thereafter.  And  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market  to  collect  all  rents  when  due-; 
and  if  any  tenant  shall  fail  to  pay  his  rent  in  the  manner  herein  di¬ 
rected,  his  lease  for  his  stall  or  stalls  shall  thereby  become  void,  and 
his  right  to  occupy  the  same  shall  be  at  an  end  ;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market  to  take  immediate  possession  of 
such  stall  or  stalls,  and  to  report  his  proceedings  to  the  market 
house  committee,  and,  under  their  direction,  to  rent  said  stall  or 
stalls  to  any  proper  applicant. 

Sec.  IV.  That  so  much  of  the  thirteenth  section  of  the  ordinance 
to  which  this  is  a  supplement,  as  provides  that  no  more  than  two 
stalls  shall  be  let  to  or  held  by  any  person  or  persons,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed  ;  and  further,  that  all  parts  of  said  ordi¬ 
nance  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  supplement  shall  ba 
and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


A  further  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordl- 
eoncerning  the  markets,”  passed  March  seventh,  eighteen 
hundred  and  fifty-three. 

Passed  April  3,  1855. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants*  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Salary  of  Sec.  I.  That  the  clerk  of  the  market  shall  receive  for  his  services 

clerk  of*  in ci i* ■ 

ket.  the  sum  of  one  hundred’  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  in  equal  quar¬ 

terly  payments. 

Market  lim-  Sec.  II.  That  the market  house  committee are  hereby  authorized 

clean.  ekeptto  make  such  arrangements  for  the  cleaning,  at  least  once  in  each 
week,  of  that  part  of  Greene  street  within  the  market  limits,  as  to 
them  may  seem  most  advantageous. 

mei-1 ordi.°r"  Sec.  III.  That  the  first  section  of  an  ordinance  entitled,.  u  A 

cd?cerep8ai' supplement  an  or(jjnanGe  entitled,  an  ordinance  concerning  the 


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vnarkets,”  passed  March  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-three,  and 
so  much  of  the  second  section  thereof  as  relates  to  cleaning  the 
streets  around  the  market  houses,  which  supplement  was  passed 
November  twentieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-four,  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed. 


An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  establishment  of  a  public 

market  in  the  third  ward. 

Passed  March  13,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  1.  That  John  Whittaker  and  such  other  persons  as  may  as- j.  Whittaker 
sociate  with  him  for  that  purpose  are  hereby  authorized  and  em- authorized 
powered  to  erect  a  market  house  in  the  street  called  Market  street,  kefhmL^in 
in  the  third  ward,  between  Broad  street  and  Jackson  street;  said  tlurd  warcL 
market  house  shall  be  on  the  general  plan  of  the  Greene  street 
markets,  and  not  more  than  two  feet  wider  than  said  Greene  street 
markets.  1  he  floors  of  said  market  house  shali  be  fixed  under  the 
supervision  of  the  city  regulator  and  surveyor,  to  the  end  that  the 
proper  grade  of  the  street  be  not  interfered  with. 

Sec.  II.  Said  associates,  their  heirs  and  assigns,  shall  hold  said  city  to  have 
market  house  with  the  right  or  franchise  of  keeping  a  market  redeniption. 
therein,  and  of  taking  the  rents,  issues,  and  profits  thereof,  as  ten¬ 
ants  in  common,  subject  to  the  right  of  the  city  to  take  said  market 
house  at  any  time  on  payment  of  the  original  cost  thereof. 

Sec.  111.  Said  associates,  before  they  proceed  to  rent  the  said  statement  of 
stalls  of  said  market  house,  shall  present  to  the  common  council  be ‘faidbe-0 
their  agreement,  that  the  city  may  take  said  market  house  at  any  lore  counciL 
time  hereafter  on  payment  to  them,  or  their  legal  representatives,  of 
tne  original  cost  thereof,  and  also  an  affidavit  of  said  associates 
setting  forth  in  detail  the  items  of  said  original  cost,  and  that  said 
cost  was  at  as  low  a  rate  as  they  could  reasonably  procure  the 
same  to  be  done;  and  shall  also  present  to  council,  with  said  oath, 
receipts,  bills,  or  other  vouchers,  showing  the  items  of  such  cost 
and  expense,  and  the  particular  purposes  for  which  they  were  ex¬ 
pended  ;  and  'provided  also,  that  the  said  John  Whittaker  and  his  Proviso, 
associates  shall,  before  acting  under  this  ordinance,  present  to  com- 


98 


MARKETS. 


mon  council  their  acceptance  in  writing  of  the  terms  thereof,  which 
shall  be  signed  by  said  John  Whittaker  and  each  of  his  said  asso- 
Proviso.  ciates ;  and  provided  further ,  that  in  case  said  Whittaker  oi  any 
of  his  associates  shall  at  any  time  sell  or  transfer  their  share  or  in¬ 
terest,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  said  market  house,  that  such  transfei 
shall  be  by  them  noted  on  the  book  of  minutes  of  common  council, 
under  the  hands  of  the  parties  to  such  sale  or  transfer  ;  and  no 
person  shall  have  a  right  to  be  considered  or  treated  by  the  city  as 
one  of  said  associates,  unless  his  right  to  be  so  considered  shall  ap¬ 
pear  on  said  book  of  minutes  in  manner  aforesaid, 
statement  of  Sec.  IV.  That  the  said  statement  of  the  cost  and  expense  Oi 
be  binding  erecting  said  market  house  shall  not  be  held  binding  and  conclusive 
above7 actual  upon  the  city,  as  to  the  amount  thereof,  if  at  any  time  it  can  be 
cost'  shown  that  the  actual  cost  of  erecting  the  same  is  less  than  the 
amount  so  stated. 

Associates  Sec.  V.  That  after  the  presentation  of  said  agreement  and  affi- 
S&X  davit,  said  associates  may  proceed  to  rent  the  stalls  of  said  market 
and  the  sittings  in  the  market  place  at  such  rates  as  they  may  deem 
reasonable;  but  no  stall  shall  be  rented  for  a  longer  period  than 
one  year  at  any  one  letting. 

Market  days  Sec.  VI.  That  a  market  may  be  held  at  said  market  house  on 
every  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  from  daylight  until  one  o  clock  in 
the  afternoon,  and  on  Saturday,  from  daylight  until  two  o  clock  in 
the  afternoon,  and  from  six  until  nine  o’clock  in  the  evening,  in 
each  and  every  week. 

Bounds  of  Sec.  VII.  That  part  of  said  market  street  lying  between  Broad 
marketplace  Jackgon  glre0ts  shall  be  the  bounds  and  limits  of  the  market 

place;  and  110  person  or  persons  shall  sell  or  ofier  for  sale,  duiing 
market  hours  of  any  market  day,  any  kind  of  marketing  intended 
to  be  disposed  of  in  the  common  market  in  any  public  street  of 
the  third  ward  north  of  Bridge  street,  except  within  the  above 
bounds  or  limits ;  and  any  person  or  persons  buying  or  selling  any 
kind  of  marketing  intended  to  be  disposed  of  in  the  common  mai- 
ket  outside  the  above  limits  during  market  hours  on  any  market 
day  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of  one  dollar,  with  costs. 

Vehicles  not  Sec.  VIII.  No  kind  of  vehicle,  other  than  a  wheelbarrow,  ex- 

to  stand  in  *  ’  .  *1-11-11  • 

market lim-  cept  fish  wagons,  as  herein  after  provided,  shall,  at  any  time  irom 
daylight  until  nine  o’clock  in  the  forenoon,  remain  within  the  mar¬ 
ket  limits,  after  having  been  allowed  ten  minutes  to  load  or  unload 
the  same,  under  the  penalty  of  one  dollar,  with  costs,  upon  the 
person  or  persons  having  charge  of  said  vehicle,  nor  shall  any 
horse,  mare,  mule,  or  ox  be  allowed  to  stand  in  said  limits  duiing 


MARKETS. 


99 


the  above  period  of  time  longer  than  ten  minutes,  under  the  like 
penalty,  with  costs,  upon  the  person  or  persons  having  charge  of 
the  same. 

Sec.  IX.  No  person  shall  at  any  time  throw,  lay,  or  leave  any  Filth,  &e., 

heads,  feet,  offal,  or  other  garbage  of  creatures,  or  water  melon  thrown  in 
,  .  iii  i  market  lim- 

shells,  or  any  other  vegetable  substance  or  nauseous  matter  what- its. 
soever,  in  any  part  of  said  market  limits,  under  the  penalty  of  one 
dollar,  with  costs. 

Sec.  X.  No  person  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  within  the  market  Markethours 
limits,  during  any  day  after  the  hour  of  four  o’clock  in  the  after-  Wes' fruits, 
noon,  any  fruit  or  vegetables,  or  leave  such  fruit  or  vegetables'- 
within  such  limits  after  the  above  mentioned  hour,  under  the 
penalty  of  five  dollars,  with  costs,  for  every  such  offence. 

Sec.  XI.  If  any  person  or  persons  offer  for  sale  within  the  bounds  Penalty  for 
of  the  said  market,  bread,  butter,  meat,  or  lard,  in  lumps,  purport- fn  butter, 1Sht 
ing  the  same  to  be  in  pounds,  and  on  the  examination  of  the  agent  &c* 
appointed  therefor  by  the  associates,  such  lumps  prove  deficient  in 
weight,  such  bread,  butter,  meat,  or  lard  shall  be  forfeited,  and  said 
agent  shall  take  charge  of  the  same,  as  herein  after  directed. 

Sec.  XII.  Any  person  or  persons  buying,  during  market  hours,  Penalty  for 
any  kind  of  provision  in  the  said  market,  or  bounds  thereof,  and  ag^n  fo?Seli 
afterwards  selling  or  offering  the  same  for  sale  for  a  higher  price,  lnslierpuce* 
shall  pay  a  penalty  of  five  dollars,  with  costs,  for  every  such  offence. 

Sec.  XIII.  Any  person  or  persons  buying  any  kind  of  provisions  Penalty  for 
in  the  said  market,  or  within  the  limits  of  the  market  place,  before  sell  again, 
nine  o’clock  in  the  forenoon,  with  intent  to  carry  the  same  to  some 
other  market  or  place  for  sale,  or  to  expose  the  same  to  sale  in  the 
city  of  Trenton,  shall  forfeit  for  every  such  offence  ten  dollars, 
with  costs. 

Sec.  XI  V.  Any  person  buying,  during  market  hours,  iri  said  No  person  to 
market  a  greater  quantity  of  butter  than  twenty  pounds,  shall  for-  than Twenty 
feit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  with  butter.3  0* 

costs. 

Sec.  XV.  The  occupants  of  all  stalls  shall  be  governed  by  such  Associates 
rules  for  the  regulation  of  said  market  as  said  association  may  from  scribe  rules 

.  .  ~  ..  and  regula- 

time  to  time  prescribe.  tions. 

Sec.  XVI.  Steelyards  shall  not  at  any  time  be  used  within  the  Steelyards 
said  market  limits,  in  weighing  any  kind  of  provisions  offered  for  used?  be 
sale,  under  the  penalty  of  fifty  cents,  with  costs,  for  every  such 
offence. 

Sec.  XVII.  No  stall  shall  be  rented  for  the  sale  of  shad  in  said  Sale  of  shad 
market  later  in  the  year  than  the  tenth  day  of  June;  and  no  per- regulat<fi 


3  00 


MARKET  S'. 


Hucksters 
not  to  sell  in 
market. 


Sales  not  to 
be  made 
from  vehi¬ 
cles. 


Sea  fish  mar¬ 
ket. 


Powers  of 
agent- 


son  shall  sell  shad  out  of  any  wagon  within  said  market  place  under 
the  penalty  of  one  dollar,  with  costs. 

Sec.  XVIII.  No  huckster,  or  person  who  follows  the  business 
of  a  huckster,  or  of  selling  melons,  peaches,  pickles,  sweet  pota¬ 
toes,  green  corn,  or  any  article  of  marketing  at  second  hand,  shall 
at  any  time  sell,  or  offer  for  sale,  within  the  limits  of  the  market 
place,  except  on  his  property  or  regularly  rented  market  stall, 
stand,  or  space,  any  such  articles,  under  the  penalty,  for  every 
offence,  of  one  dollar,  with  costs. 

Sec.  XIX.  Every  person  who  shall  bring  articles  to  said  market 
in  a  vehicle,  to  be  exposed  to  sale,  shall  unload  said  vehicle,  and 
remove  all  the  articles  therefrom  before  he  shall  sell  or  divide,  or 
cut  into  pieces  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  any  of  such  articles. 

Sec.  XX.  All  sea  fish,  brought  into  that  part  of  the  third  ward 
north  of  Bridge  street  for  sale,  shall  be  placed  and  kept  at  such 
part  of  the  market  or  market  place  as  said  associates  may  from 
time  to  time  designate ;  and  no  wagon  containing,  or  for  the  sale 
of  sea  fish,  shall  be  permitted  to  stand  in  such  place  later  than  nine 
o’clock  in  the  evening;  and  any  person  or  persons  selling,  or  offer¬ 
ing  for  sale  during  market  hours  of  any  market  day,  such  fish  in 
any  part  of  said  ward  north  of  Bridge  street,  other  than  the  above 
place,  or  otherwise  violating  this  section,  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of 
one  dollar,  with  costs,  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  XXI.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  agent  of  said  associates 
(who  for  that  purpose  shall  have  the  same  powers  with  regard  to 
said  market  that  the  clerk  of  the  market  has  with  regard  to  the 
Greene  street  market)  to  attend  in  the  said  market  in  market  hours, 
and  at  such  other  times  as  may  be  necessary,  to  enforce  the  rules  of 
said  market  and  the  ordinances  of  the  common  council  respecting 
the  same,  to  cause  the  market  to  be  kept  clean,  and  to  prevent  any 
offal,  garbage,  or  filth  from  being  thrown  or  remaining  in  or  about 
the  same;  to  prevent  the  sale  of  unsound  or  unwholesome  provi¬ 
sions;  to  attend  4  with  scales  and  sealed  weights  during  market 
hours;  to  decide  disputes  between  buyers  and  sellers  respecting 
the  weights  and  measures  of  things  bought  and  sold  in  the  market; 
to  try  scales,  weights,  and  measures  ;  to  weigh  and  examine  all 
meat,  butter,  or  lard  sold  in  lumps,  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  mar¬ 
ket  ;  and  if  on  trial  he  shall  find  the  same  not  of  full  weight,  he 
is  hereby  required  and  commanded  to  take  and  secure  the  same, 
one  half  for  his  own  use,  and  the  other  half  to  be  by  him  sold,  and 
the  moneys  arising  therefrom  to  be  paid  to  the  treasurer  of  said 


M  ARKE  T  S'. 


101 


city,  for  the  use  of  the  city;  said  agent  shall  also  report  in  writing, 
on  the  first  day  of  every  month,  all  his  proceedings  of  the  previous 
month  to  the  common  council;  and  the  common  council  shall  have 
the  power  to  remove  the  said  agent,  whenever  in  their  opinion  the 
public  good  requires  it. 

bEc.  XXII.  Any  person  who  shall  endeavor  to  discourage  said  Penalty  for 
agent  from  doing  his  duty,  or  by  officiously  interfering  therein,  wifh duties 
thereby  encouraging  transgressors  to  persist  in  violating  the  ordi- ot  agent‘ 
nances  of  the  city,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  five  dollars,  with  costs,  for 
every  such  offence. 

Sec.  XXIII.  1  he  twenty-fifth  section  of  the  ordinance  entitled,  See  page 94, 
“An  ordinance  concerning  the  markets,”  passed  March  seventh, 
eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-three,  shall  go  into  effect  throughout 
the  third  ward  upon  the  opening  for  business  of  the  market  hereby 
authorized;  but  the  operation  of  said  section  shall  continue  to  be 
suspended,  as  regards  the  fourth  ward  of  this  city  and  all  that  part 
of  the  third  ward  south  of  Bridge  street. 

Sec.  XXIV.  Any  person  who  shall  smoke  a  cigar  or  pipe,  or  Penalty  for 
carry  a  lighted  cigar  or  pipe  in  said  market  house  during  market  market.5  m 
hours,  shall  for  every  offence  forfeit  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  with 
costs. 

Sec.  XXV.  If  any  person  shall  wilfully  cut,  deface,  or  disfigure  Penalty  for 
said  market  house,  he  shall,  for  each  offence,  forfeit  the  sum  of  five  ket,  a  1&r 
dollars,  with  costs. 

Sec.  XXVI.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  agent,  herein  before  re-Agentmay 
ferred  to,  to  complain  to  the  mayor  whenever  there  shall  be  a  vio-m^ftS- 
lation  of  this  ordinance,  to  the  end  that  the  fines,  forfeitures,  and  order? nS  °* 
penalties  may  be  enforced,  and  to  collect  said  fines,  forfeitures,  and 
penalties,  and  pay  the  same  to  the  city  treasurer. 

Sec.  XXVII.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said,  associates  to  notify  in  Associates  to 
writing,  under  their  hands,  the  common  council  of  the  name  of  the  dfc/ name' 
agent  they  may  from  time  to  time  appoint,  which  notification  it 0t  d£ent’ 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  clerk  to  file,  to  the  end  that  it  may  al  ways 
be  clearly  known  who  is  such  agent. 

Sec.  XXV  III.  Whenever  the  city  shall  pay  to  said  associates  the  tingencyC°a" 
original  cost  of  said  market  house,  then  said  market  bouse  shall  llollVto  he- 
become  the  property  of  the  city.  come  Pr°- 

1  1  J  •>  perry  oi  city. 

Sec.  XXIX.  That  said  associates  shall  signify  their  acceptance  Associates  to 
of  the  terms  of  this  ordinance  by  their  declaration  in  writing  pre-  eeptanceot 
sented  to  council  within  four  weeks  hereafter;  and  the  said  market oulllialue* 
house  shall  be  finished  and  occupied  on  or  beforo  the  fourth  day 
el  July,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty -five;  and  that  the  said  asso- 


102 


HAY  SCALES. 


L.  Stradling 
to  have  ex¬ 
clusive  right 
of  hay  scales 
lor  5  years. 


Mo  other  hay 
scales  to  be 
erected. 


Sale  for 
■weighing. 


ciates  shall  have  no  right  to  use,  occupy,  or  rent  the  said  marked 
house,  or  any  part  thereof,  until  council  shall  declare  that  in  their 
opinion  the  associates  have  complied  with  the  terms  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance  to 
authorize  the  establishment  of  a  public  market  in  the 
third  ward,”  passed  March  thirteenth,  eighteen  hundred 
and  fifty-four.. 

Passed  July  2,  1855. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  John  Whittaker  and  his  associates,  under  the  ordinance  to 
which  this  is  a  supplement,  have  further  time,  until  the  fourth  day 
of  October  next,  during  which  to  complete  and  finish  the  market 
house  to  he  by  them  erected  under  the  authority  of  the  ordinance 
to  which  this  is  a  supplement. 


An  ordinance  concerning  the  hay  scales. 

Passed  October,  9,  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  1.  The  exclusive  right  and  privilege  of  erecting,  maintain¬ 
ing,  and  using  scales  or  other  device  for  the  weighing  of  hay  or 
straw  in  the  city  of  Trenton  is  hereby  vested  in  Lafayette  Strad- 
ling  for  the  term  of  five  years  from  the  passing  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  II.  The  corporation  of  said  city  shall  not  erect,  or  suffer 
any  person  or  persons  to  erect,  maintain,  or  use  any  scales  or  other 
device  for  the  weighing  of  any  hay  or  straw  in  the  city  of  Tren¬ 
ton  during  the  aforesaid  term  of  five  years. 

Sec.  ill.  The  said  Lafayette  Stradling  is  hereby  authorized  to 
demand,  take,  and, receive,  for  the  weighing  of  any  hay  or  straw, 


HAY  SCALES. 


103 


the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents  for  every  draught  so  weighed,  which 
sum  shall  be  paid  by  the  owner  or  person  having  the  same  weigh¬ 
ed,  on  the  delivery  of  the  certificate  by  the  person  weighing  such 
hay  or  straw. 

Sec.  IV.  The  said  Lafayette  Stradling,  or  the  person  or  persons  Weight  to  be 
by  him  deputed,  shall  give  to  the  person  or  persons  for  whom  L o 
or  they  may  weigh  hay  at  the  scales  or  other  devise  erected,  or  that 
may  be  erected,  a  certificate  of  the  neat  weight  of  any  draught  of 
hay  or  straw  so  weighed  by  him  or  them,  without  any  additional 
charge  for  the  same. 

Sec.  A  .  1  hat  the  said  Lafayette  Stradling,  or  some  person  by  penalty  for- 
him  deputed  for  the  purpose,  shall  from  time  to  time  and  at  allneglect’ 
times  during  the  continuance  of  the  right  and  privilege  by  this 
ordinance  vested  in  him,  give  immediate  attendance,  when  there¬ 
unto  required,  for  the  weighing  of  any  hay  or  straw  which  may  be 
offered  any  day  of  the  week  (Sundays  excepted) ;  and  if  the  said 
Lafayette  Stradling  shall  at  any  time  neglect  or  refuse  for  the 
space  of  half  an  hour  to  attend,  either  in  person  or  by  deputy,  for 
the  weighing  of  any  hay  or  straw  as  aforesaid  without  a  reasona¬ 
ble  excuse,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  penalty  of  five  dollars,  upon 
due  proof  made  thereof  before  any  one  of  the  city  magistrates 
having  cognizance  thereof. 

Slc.  VI.  If  the  said  Lafayette  Stradling  shall  suffer  scales  Or  Scales  not  to 
other  device  erected  by  him  for  the  weighing  of  hay  or  straw,  to  get^out  of 
which  may  be  brought  for  that  purpose,  to  get  out  of  order,  and  tjlder‘ 

^uflei  it  so  to  remain  for  the  space  of  forty-eight  hours  without 
being  repaired,  then  this  ordinance  and  all  rights  vested  in  the 
said  Lafayette  Stradling  shall  cease  and  determine,  anything  herein 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Sec.  VII.  The  said  Lafayette  Stradling,  for  and  in  considera-  per  an- 
tion  of  the  privileges  hereby  granted,  shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  of  pSd  for  prt 
the  city  of  Trenton  for  the  time  being  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  perVllege‘ 
annum,  in  quarterly  payments,  in  each  year,  on  the  first  days  of 
April,  July,  October,  and  January,  and  on  failure  of  making  such 
payments  as  aforesaid  for  the  space  of  thirty  days  after  the  same 
shall  be  due  the  privileges  granted  by  this  ordinance  shall  cease 
and  determine. 

Sec.  VIII.  All  bay  brought  to  market  for  sale,  and  sold  in  the  ah  hay  enia 
city  of  Trenton,  shall,  before  the  delivery  of  the  same  to  the-  pur-  weighed.1'^ 
chaser,  be  weighed  at  the  bay  scales  in  the  possession  of  Lafayette- 
Stradling,  under  the  authority  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of 
Trenton. 


104 


MAYOR’S  OFFICE. 


Penalty  for 
refusing  to 
have  hay 
weighed. 


Penalty  for 
purchasing 
unweighed 
hay. 


Weigher  to 
report  to 
council. 


Weigher 
may  be  re¬ 
moved. 


Southeast 
room  of  first 
floor  of  city 
hall  to  have 
fire-proof. 


City  clerk 
andtreasurer 
to  arrange 
papers  in 
fire-proof. 


Sec.  IX.  That  every  person  or  persons  who  shall  bring  hay  to 
market  for  sale,  and  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  have  his  or  their 
hay  weighed,  as  directed  in  the  eighth  section  of  this  ordinance, 
or  who  shall  have  had  their  hay  weighed  at  any  other  scales  or 
device,  and  deliver  the  same  to  any  person  or  persons  in  this  city, 
he  or  they  so  offending  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  any 
magistrate  of  this  city,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty. 

Sec.  X.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  purchase  any  hay  brought 
to  market  as  aforesaid,  the  same  not  being  weighed  as  directed  by 
this  ordinance,  he  or  they  so  offending  shall,  upon  conviction 
thereof  before  any  magistrate  of  this  city,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum 
of  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  XI.  That  the  said  Lafayette  Stradling  shall  report  once  in 
every  six  months  to  the  common  council  the  number  of  loads  of 
hay  and  straw  weighed  by  him  at  the  scales  above  provided  for. 

Sec.  XII.  That  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  prevent  common 
council  from  removing  the  said  Lafayette  Stradling  from  his  said 
office  for  misconduct  therein  or  wilful  neglect  of  any  of  the- duties 
herein  before  prescribed. 


An  ordinance  for  furnishing  the  mayor’s  office,  erecting  a- 
fire-proof,  and  for  the  collecting,  classifying,  and  deposit¬ 
ing  therein  all  hooks,  records,  vouchers,  and  other  pub¬ 
lic  documents  belonsring  to  the  city  of  Trenton. 

CD  o  <u 

Passed  November  20,  1348. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Com7non  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  southeast  room  on  the  first  floor  of  the  city- 
hall  shall  be  suitably  furnished  for  the  mayor’s  office,  and  that 
there  shall  be  erected  therein  a  fire-proof,  on  the  most  approved 
plan,  not  less  than  six  feet  long  nor  less  than  three  feet  wide,  inside 
measurement,  and  that  the  same  shall  be  provided  with  convenient 
book  cases  and  shelves. 

Sec.  II.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  and  the  city  trea¬ 
surer  to  collect  all  books,  vouchers,  and  other  public  documents 
belonging  to  the  city  of  Trenton,  in  their  possession,  or  which  may' 


POLICE. 


105 


be  found  in  the  hands  of  others,  relating  to  their  respective  offices, 
and  arrange  the  same  in  files  of  their  respective  years,  endorsing 
on  each  file  the  date  of  the  year  and  its  contents;  and  that  it  shall 
be  their  duty,  respectively,  to  place,  according  to  dates  in  the  fire¬ 
proof  provided  for  in  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance,  all  such 
books,  records,  vouchers,  and  other  public  documents  which  they 
may  from  time  to  time  collect,  or  which  may  be  in  their  possession, 
and  not  required  by  them  for  the  business  of  the  current  year. 

Sec.  111.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  other  officers  in  the  employ  All  papers 
of  the  city  of  Trenton  to  deposit  in  the  hands  of  the  city  clerk,  at  city  t^b!  t0 
the  expiration  of  their  term  of  office,  or  whenever  examined  and  withcif/ 
passed  by  the  respective  committees  of  common  council,  all  books  cltrk' 
and  papers  not  required  by  them  or  their  successors  for  the  cur¬ 
rent  year’s  business;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  to  deposit 
the  same  in  the  city  fire-proof,  as  herein  before  directed. 


An  ordinance  regulating  the  duties  and  compensation  of 
the  police  of  the  city  of  Trenton. 

Passed  April  7,  1856. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  marshal  to  discharge  all  duties,  Duties  of 
and  obey  all  orders  intrusted  or  given  to  him  by  the  mayor,  and  jnmarshal- 
his  absence  by  the  recorder  or  any  alderman,  and  to  hold  himself 
in  readiness  to  discharge  such  duties  and  obey  such  orders  when¬ 
ever  he  shall  be  so  called  upon. 

He  shall  act  as  conservator  of  the  public  peace,  and  shall  tra¬ 
verse  the  streets,  lanes,  and  alleys  of  the  city  daily,  and  preserve 
the  good  order  and  quiet  of  the  same. 

He  shall  have  all  the  powers  of  a  constable,  within  the  city 
limits,  to  arrest  disorderly  or  riotously  disposed  persons  and  va¬ 
grants,  and  other  violators  of  the  law,  and  take  any  and  every  law¬ 
ful  measure  necessary  to  preserve  the  good  order  and  enforce  the 
laws  and  ordinances  of  the  city. 

He  shall  also  have  power  to  call  upon  the  city  watchmen,  con¬ 
stables,  and  citizens  to  assist  him  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties, 
when  necessary. 


106 


POLICE. 


Watchmen, 
when  to  be 
elected. 


Powers  and 
duties  of 
watchmen. 


He  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  over  the  city  watchmen, 
shall  see  that  said  watchmen  are  on  duty,  as  herein  after  provided 
for,  and  report  to  the  mayor  any  and  every  instance  of  delinquency 
on  the  part  of  such  watchmen. 

He  shall  make  report  to  the  mayor,  at  his  office  every  morning 
at  nine  o’clock,  of  any  violations  of  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the 
city  that  shall  come  under  his  observation  ;  of  the  existence  of 
nuisances,  particularly  those  occasioned  by  depositing  ashes  or  filth 
of  any  kind  in  the  streets;  of  arrests  made  by  him,  and  every  fact 
which,  as  an  officer  of  the  city,  it  maybe  proper  for  him  to  report; 
and  shall  also  report  to  the  street  committee  any  sidewalks  which 
he  shall  discover  to  be  out  of  repair. 

He  shall  serve  all  notices,  within  the  limits  of  the  city  and  in  its 
vicinity,  relating  to  the  ordinances  or  other  business  of  the  city, 
when  so  required  by  the  committees  of  common  council  or  officers 
of  the  city,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  are  directed  by 
existing  ordinances. 

He  shall  not  engage  in  the  service  of  any  other  municipal  go¬ 
vernment,  nor  leave  the  city  for  more  than  twelve  hours  at  any 
one  time,  without  first  obtaining  the  consent  of  the  police  commit¬ 
tee,  or  a  majority  of  them. 

He  shall  be  in  attendance  upon  the  common  council  at  their 
stated  and  special  meetings. 

Sec.  II.  The  common  council  may,  on  the  first  Monday  in  May, 
in  each  and  every  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  shall  be  conve¬ 
nient,  elect  by  ballot  one  person  from  each  ward,  to  be  called  city 
watchman.  The  ward  from  which  such  watchman  shall  be  elected 
shall  constitute  his  district,  within  the  bounds  of  which  he  shall 
confine  himself  when  on  duty,  except  in  cases  otherwise  provided 
for. 

Sec.  III.  The  said  city  watchmen  shall  be  clothed  with  the  pow¬ 
ers  of  constables  within  the  city  limits  ;  and  it  shall  be  their  duty 
to  be  abroad  in,  and  patrol  the  streets  of  their  respective  districts, 
from  the  hour  of  seven  o’clock  in  the  evening  to  the  hour  of  four 
o’clock  in  the  morning,  from  the  first  day  of  April  to  the  first  day 
of  October,  and  from  the  hour  of  six  o’clock  in  the  evening  to  the 
hour  of  five  o’clock  in  the  morning,  from  the  first  day  of  October 
to  the  first  day  of  April.  And  the  said  watchmen  are  authorized, 
and  strictly  enjoined  and  required,  to  arrest  and  detain  all  offenders 
against  the  peace,  and  all  suspicious  persons  whom  they  may  find 
walking  or  lurking  about  the  streets  or  alleys  of  their  said  districts 
at  late  or  unseasonable  hours  of  the  night,  and  all  who  shall  be 


POLICE. 


107 


guilty  of  any  breach  of  the  peace,  riots,  routs,  unlawful  and  disor¬ 
derly  assemblies,  or  any  other  alarm  or  disturbance  whatsoever, 
and  in  the  morning  to  bring  such  offenders  before  the  mayor,  to  be 
dealt  with  according  to  law. 

It  shall  also  be  their  duty,  upon  information  of  the  existence  of 
disorder  or  riot  in  any  part  of  the  city,  to  proceed  thither  imme¬ 
diately  and  co-operate  with  the  marshal  and  watchmen  in  the  ar¬ 
rest  of  all  persons  concerned  therein.  And  they  shall  be  liable  to 
be  called  upon  to  act,  and  be  considered  on  duty  during  the  whole 
of  the  day  called  Sunday. 

It  shall  be  their  duty,  severally,  to  report  to  the  mayor,  at  his 
office,  every  morning  at  nine  o’clock,  the  occurrences  of  the  night 
previous,  and  whether  any  arrests  have  been  made,  and  if  so,  to 
bring  the  offenders  before  the  mayor,  as  he  may  direct. 

Sec.  IV.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  city  watchmen  to  light  and  Watchmen 
extinguish  the  city  lamps,  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  extinguish 
the  lamp  committee,  to  keep  the  same  properly  cleaned,  and  report lclmps‘ 
to  the  said  committee  any  that  may  be  out  of  repair  in  such  dis¬ 
tricts  as  said  committee  may  assign  them,  and  to  perform  all  such 
other  duties  in  relation  to  the  care  of  said  lamps  as  the  said  com¬ 
mittee  may  direct. 

Sec.  V.  The  said  marshal  and  city  watchmen  shall  at  all  times  Police  to  be 

...  subject  to 

be  subject  to  the  order  and  direction  of  the  mayor;  and  it  shall  be  the  order  of 

the  duty  of  the  mayor  to  inform  himself  of  the  manner  in  which 

# 

said  officers  discharge  their  respective  duties,  and  to  make  a 
monthly  report  of  the  same  to  the  common  council. 

In  case  the  marshal  or  any  city  watchman  shall  be  reported  to  Officers, how 
the  mayor  as  neglecting  or  refusing  to  perform  any  or  all  of  the  and  tried, 

.....  ....  .  ^  and  substi- 

duties  devolving  upon  him,  he  is  empowered  to  suspend  tempo-  tutes  ap- 
rarily  such  officer  from  duty,  and  shall  immediately  notify  the  po-pomted' 
lice  committee  of  council  to  meet  him  as  soon  as  convenient;  and 
the  mayor  and  committee,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  investigate 
the  charges  made  against  said  officer,  and,  at  their  discretion,  sus¬ 
pend  him  from  further  duty;  and  if  they  suspend  any  officer  from 
duty,  his  pay  shall  cease  from  that  time  until  the  next  stated  meet¬ 
ing  of  council,  when  said  committee  shall  lay  before  the  council 
the  facts  and  circumstances  of  the  case  ;  and  the  council  may,  if 
they  see  proper,  remove  said  officer,  and  elect  another  to  supply 
his  place.  If  any  officer  shall  be  so  suspended,  the  police  commit¬ 
tee  are  authorized  to  appoint  some  person  in  his  place,  who  shall 
have  all  the  powers  of  the  marshal  or  a  city  watchman  until  the 
action  of  council  is  had. 


108 


POLICE. 


Mayor’s  re¬ 
port,  what 
to  contain. 


Special  po¬ 
lice,  how  ap 
pointed. 


Proviso. 


Mayor’s  re 
cord. 


Mayor’s  sa¬ 
lary. 


Marshal’s 
I  ary. 


Watchmen’ 
salary. 


General  re¬ 
peal. 


It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor  to  state  in  his  monthly 
report  the  number  of  arrests  made  by  each  officer,  the  offences 
charged,  the  complaints  made  before  arrest,  and  whether  the  offen- 
ders  were  discharged,  fined,  held  to  bail,  or  committed  to  the  court 
house  for  trial  or  punishment,  and  the  amount  of  fines  collected 
and  paid  by  him  into  the  city  treasury. 

Sec.  VI.  The  mayor  may,  in  conjunction  with  the  president  of 
council,  or  in  the  absence  of  the  latter,  with  any  member  of  the 
police  committee,  appoint  one  or  more  special  watchmen,  for  any 
period  of  time  not  exceeding  ten  days,  without  first  conferring 
with  the  common  council  thereon,  and  to  pay  such  person  or  per¬ 
sons  for  their  services  such  sum  as  they  may  think  proper  ;  pro* 
ruled,  the  same  shall  not  exceed  the  rate  of  two  dollars  a  day. 

Sec.  VII.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor  to  procure,  at  the 
expense  of  the  city,  a  suitable  book,  which  shall,  at  the  expiration 
of  the  mayor’s  term  of  office,  be  given  by  him  to  his  successor. 
In  this  book  shall  be  entered  by  the  mayor  the  name  of  all  persons 
arrested  and  brought  before  him,  the  names  of  the  officers  making 
the  arrest,  the  nature  of  the  offence  charged,  and  whether  the  par¬ 
ties  arrested  were  discharged,  imprisoned,  or  fined,  and,  if  fined, 
the  amount  of  the  penalty. 

Sec.  VIII.  For  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  duties  of  his 
office,  the  mayor  shall  receive,  as  compensation  for  his  services, 
the  sura  of  five  hundred  dollars  per  .annum,  to  be  paid  in  quarterly 
payments  by  orders  drawn  on  the  city  treasurer,  which  sum  shall 
be  in  full  for  all  services  of  every  kind  which  it  may  be  the  duty 
of  the  mayor  to  render,  so  that  he  shall  have  no  claim  on  the  city 
for  perquisites  or  fees  of  any  kind, 
t-  The  marshal  shall  receive  for  his  services  five  hundred  dollars 
per  annum,  in  equal  quarterly  payments,  by  orders  drawn  on  the 
city  treasurer,  which  sum  shall  be  in  full  for  all  services  of  every 
kind  which  it  may  be  the  duty  of  the  marshal  to  render,  so  that  he 
shall  have  no  claim  on  the  city  for  perquisites  or  fees  of  any  kind, 
s  The  said  city  watchmen  shall,  each,  receive  for  the  discharge  of 
their  duties  the  sum  of  four  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  in  equal 
monthly  payments,  by  orders  drawn  on  the  city  treasurer. 

Sec.  IX.  That  all  ordinances,  and  supplements  thereto,  hereto¬ 
fore  passed  relating  to  the  police  of  the  city,  and  also  an  ordinance 
to  provide  a  compensation  for  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Trenton, 
passed  October  seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty,  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed  when  this  ordinance  takes  effect. 

Sec.  X.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  on  the  first  Monday 

■t  Mott  p  oyf 
4  »  i  Jxd  >  li  c  • 


BOARD  OP  HEALTH. 


109 


Aii  ordinance  for  tlie  better  preservation  of  the  public 

health. 

Passed  May  31,  1849. 

Whereas  the  disease  called  the  Asiatic  cholera  has  ajiain  made  Preamble, 
its  appearance  in  various  parts  of  our  country,  and  in  view  of 
the  possibility  of  its  once  more  visiting  Trenton,  it  becomes  the 
duty  of  the  common  council  to  adopt  such  precautionary  means 
as  may  tend,  as  far  as  human  efforts  can,  to  protect  our  fellow 
citizens  from  the  ravages  of  the  pestilence — therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Ti  •cnton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  persons  appointed  by  resolution  of  the  com- Board  of 
mon  council,  on  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  May,  instant,  be  and  stituted.°n 
they  are  hereby  constituted  and  established  as  “the  Board  of 
Health  of  the  City  of  Trenton.”  Said  board  shall  continue  in  exis¬ 
tence  until  they  shall  dissolve  by  their  own  resolution  ;  and  vacan¬ 
cies  which  may  occur  therein  shall  be  filled  by  the  common  coun¬ 
cil. 

Sec.  II.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  board  to  keep  minutes  Board  to 
of  their  proceedings  in  a  book  to  be  procured  at  the  expense  of utes!  mm* 
the  city;  and  particularly  to  record  in  such  book  all  cases  of  Asiatic 
cholera  which  may  occur,  with  the  manner  in  which  such  cases 
may  terminate  ;  and,  at  their  dissolution,  to  deposit  said  book  of 
minutes  with  the  city  clerk,  to  be  kept  with  the  public  documents 
of  the  city. 

Sec.  III.  All  appropriations  to  be  made  by  the  city  council  for  Appropna- 
the  use  of  said  board  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  president  thereof,  te r*t onboard', 
and  expended,  in  their  discretion,  particularly  in  circulating  infor¬ 
mation  and  advice,  and  in  the  procuring  of  disinfecting  materials 
for  gratuitous  distribution  among  such  as  are  unable  to  purchase; 
and  the  board  are  hereby  required  to  keep  accurate  accounts  of 
their  receipts  and  expenditures,  and  to  report  the  same  to  council. 

Sec.  IV.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  householder  and  owner  iiousehold- 
of  every  unoccupied  lot  within  the  city  to  remove  from  the  pre- move  fifth 
mises  which  he,  she,  or  they  may  so  occupy  or  own,  and  from  such 
parts  of  any  alley  which  adjoins  said  premises,  all  offensive  animal 
or  vegetable  matter,  and  all  other  kinds  of  garbage  or  filth,  and 
thenceforth  to  keep  the  said  jiremises  and  alleys  free  from  the  ac- 

K 


4 


110 


BOARD  OF  HEALTH, 


Drains,  &c, 
to  be  purifi 
ed. 


Gutters  in 
front  of  pre 
mises  to  be 
kept  clean. 


Paved  parts 
of  city  to  be 
divided  into 
districts. 


Streets,  &c., 
to  be  exam¬ 
ined  from 
time  to  time. 


cumulation  of  such  animal  or  vegetable  matter  or  other  kinds  of 
garbage  or  filth. 

,  Sec.  V.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  householder  and  owner  of 
any  unoccupied  lot  within  the  city  to  keep  sweet  and  clean  all 
drains  or  gutters  on  his,  her,  or  their  premises,  and  to  preserve  all 
sinks  and  privies  in  such  condition,  by  proper  construction  and 
cleansing,  and  also  by  the  use  of  lime  or  other  disinfecting  agents, 
that  no  offensive  smell  may  arise  therefrom. 

Sec.  VI.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  householder  or  owner  of 
unoccupied  premises  and  owner  or  tenant  of  any  lot  not  built  on, 
in  front  of  whose  premises  the  street  gutter  is  paved,  to  cleanse 
said  gutter  once  in  each  week,  on  the  morning  of  the  days  to  be 
fixed  by  the  board  of  health,  as  herein  after  provided,  heaping  up 
the  dirt  in  piles,  to  be  ranged  half-way  between  the  middle  of  the 
street  and  the  gutter;  and  where  the  streets  are  paved  entirely 
across,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  householder  and  owner  of  un¬ 
occupied  property  on  such  streets  to  cleanse,  in  front  of  his  or  her 
premises,  to  the  middle  of  the  street. 

Sec.  VII.  The  board  of  health  are  h  ereby  empowered  and  re¬ 
quired  to  divide  the  paved  parts  of  the  city  into  as  many  districts 
as  they  may  see  fit,  of  as  even  size  as  may  be  with  reference  to 
amount  of  labor,  and  to  give  public  notice  of  the  limits  of  said 
districts,  and  the  day  of  the  week  assigned  to  each  for  cleansing, 
as  provided  in  the  last  section.  And  the  city  marshal  is  hereby  re¬ 
quired  to  see  that  all  persons  neglecting  to  cleanse,  as  aforesaid, 
are  warned  to  conform  to  the  requisitions  of  this  ordinance  in  that 
respect.  The  said  marshal  is  also  required  to  give  the  matter  which 
may  thus  be  heaped  up  in  the  streets  to  any  person  or  persons  who 
wall  promptly  remove  the  same  without  the  city,  at  his  or  their 
expense,  on  the  afternoons  of  the  days  of  cleansing;  or  if  no  per¬ 
son  will  take  the  same  away  on  such  terms,  then  the  said  marshal 
is  required  to  employ,  at  the  lowest  price  for  which  he  can  obtain 
it  to  be  done,  some  suitable  person  or  persons  to  remove  said  mat¬ 
ter  to  a  convenient  place  outside  the  settled  parts  of  the  city,  to 
be  thence  taken  by  the  steward  of  the  poor  house,  for  the  use  of 
the  poor  house  farm  ;  but  nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  pre¬ 
vent  any  person  from  removing,  and  appropriating  to  his  own  use, 
the  dirt  or  manure  procured  by  cleansing  the  gutter  in  front  of  his 
premises,  as  aforesaid,  such  removal  being  made  at  or  before  the 
times  of  removal  aforesaid. 

Sec.  VIII.  The  board  of  health  are  hereby  authorized  and  em¬ 
powered,  from  time  to  time  at  their  discretion,  to  examine  the 


BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 


Ill 


public  streets  and  alleys  and  the  private  premises  of  individuals, 
with  a  view  to  ascertain  the  existence  of  such  matters  as  may  tend 
to  the  injury  of  the  public  health;  and  all  good  citizens  are  hereby 
enjoined,  as  they  would  avoid  the  imputation  of  aiding  the  intro¬ 
duction  or  aggravation  of  the  pestilence,  to  conform  to  the  sug¬ 
gestions  of  the  said  board  in  all  respects. 

Sec.  IX.  If  the  board  of  health,  or  any  committee  thereof,  shall  offensive 
find  any  offensive  or  injurious  matters  in  any  of  the  public  streets, Amoved? 1)6 
or  along  the  margin  of  the  river  or  of  the  Assanpink  creek,  and 
cannot  discover  by  whom  the  same  was  deposited  there,  they  are 
authorized  to  require  the  marshal  to  have  the  same  removed  ;  and 

the  said  marshal  is  hereby  directed  to  obey  said  requisition  without 
delay. 

Sec.  X.  That  if  any  person  shall  deposit  on  the  margin  of  the  Penalty  for 
Delaware  river  or  Assanpink  creek,  or  on  any  vacant  lot  or  public  offensive3 
street,  any  offensive  matter  whatever,  such  as  the  board  of  health  “cant  lot, 
may  deem  injurious,  and,  upon  notice,  such  person  shall  not  forth- &c* 
with  remove  the  same,  he  or  she  so  offending  shall,  on  complaint 
and  conviction  before  the  mayor,  recorder,  or  either  of  the  aider- 
men,  forfeit  and  pay,  to  the  use  of  the  city,  the  sum  of  five  dollars. 

Sec.  XI.  If  the  board  of  health,  on  their  own  view  or  that  of penalty  for 
any  committee  of  their  body,  shall  at  any  time  discover  on  any  jracUons"" 
private  premises  any  offensive  vegetable  or  animal  matter,  garbage, 
or  other  filth,  such  as  is  forbidden  by  the  fourth  section  of  this  or¬ 
dinance,  or  any  drain  or  gutter  which  is  not  kept  sweet  and  clean, 
or  any  sink  or  privy  which  is  not  properly  constructed  or  cleansed, 
or  prevented  from  being  offensive,  as  required  by  the  fifth  section 
of  this  ordinance,  and  the  occupant  of  said  premises  shall  neglect 
to  remove  said  offensive  matter  or  fifth,  or  to  cleanse  and  purify 
such  drain,  gutter,  sink,  or  privy,  within  three  days  after  being 
notified  to  do  so  by  the  board  of  health,  or  any  committee  thereof, 
he  .or  she  shall,  on  complaint  by  the  president  of  said  board,  and 
conviction  thereof  before  the  mayor,  recorder,  or  either  of  the 
aldermen,  forfeit  and  pay  for  such  offence  the  sum  of  ten  dollars, 
to  the  use  of  the  city;  but  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed 
to  take  away  the  remedy  provided  for  the  removal  of  any  such 
nuisance  by  the  seventh  section  of  the  ordinance  concerning 
nuisances,  passed  the  twenty-first  day  of  February,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  forty-two. 

Sec.  XII.  If  any  householder  or  other  person  shall  neglect  toPenaityfor 
cleanse  the  gutter  or  street  before  his  or  her  premises,  as  required  cleanse  gut- 
by  the  sixth  section  of  this  ordinance,  he  or  she,  on  complaint  of  the te'9’  &c' 


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FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


marshal,  and  conviction  before  the  mayor,  recorder,  or  either  of 
the  aldermen,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  neglect,  to  the  use  of 
the  city,  the  sura  of  two  dollars. 

Marshal  to  Sec.  NHL  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  marshal  to  aid  and  as- 
aid  board.  gjgt  tjie  boar(j  0f  }iea]th  in  their  efforts,  and  to  deliver  all  notices 

and  requisitions  which  said  board  may  see  proper  to  issue. 
Whenopera-  Sec.  X1Y.  This  ordinance  shall  continue  in  force  during  the  ex- 
toccLe.^^istence  of  the  present  board  of  health;  and  should,  at  anytime 
hereafter,  the  common  council  desire  to  establish  another  board  of 
health,  they  may  do  so  by  resolution,  and  thereupon  all  the  provi¬ 
sions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  again  in  force,  so  long  as  said  board 
or  boards  shall  continue ;  and  all  the  powers  hereby  given  to  the 
existing  board  shall  belong  to  such  other  board,  as  fully  as  if  this 
ordinance  was  again  enacted  with  special  reference  thereto. 


An  ordinance  organizing  and  regulating  tire  tire  depart¬ 
ment  of  the  city  of  Trenton. 

Passed  October  9,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Department  Sec.  I-  The  fire  department  of  the  city  of  Trenton  shall  here- 
eontronff^  after  consist  of  such  firemen  and  hose  as  are  now  or  may  hereafter 
TjP"  become  attached  to  the  several  engine,  hose,  and  hook  and  ladder 
companies  of  this  city;  said  department  to  be  under  the  control  of 
a  chief  engineer  and  as  many  assistant  engineers  as  there  shall  be 
fire  companies  connected  from  time  to  time  with  said  department, 
who  shall  be  known  and  distinguished  by  the  appellation  of  “  Board 
of  Engineers  ;”  and,  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  the  more.coraplete 
organization  of  said  fire  department,  the  members  attached  to  the 
several  hose,  fire  engine,  and  hook  and  ladder  companies  of  this 
city,  as  connected  therewith,  shall  meet  in  their  respective  places 
of  meeting  on  the  first  Monday  in  November  of  each  year,  and 
elect  an  engineer  to  represent  their  company  in  the  said  board  of 
engineers;  the  chief  engineer  and  first  and  second  assistant  engi¬ 
neers  to  be  selected  by  the  said  board  within  one  week  after  their 
election. 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


113 


of  engines. 


Sec.  II.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  engineers  to  report  Board  to  re- 
the  name  of  the  chief  engineer,  and  first  and  second  assistant  engi-  of  cMefen- 
neers  who  may  be  so  elected,  to  the  clerk  of  the  common  council, 
as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  to  be  reported  by  the  said  clerk 

at  the  next  meeting  of  council  following  such  election,  for  their  ap¬ 
proval. 

Sec.  III.  No  fire  engine,  hose,  or  hook  and  ladder  apparatus,  Fire  appara- 
durmg  any  fire  in  this  city,  or  any  report  of  fire,  or  at  any  time,  ™^d%bn- 
under  any  pretence  whatever,  shall  be  taken  and  removed  out 
its  house,  unless  one  of  the  firemen  of  the  said  company  shall  bepresent- 
piesent  and  assent  thereto,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for 
e\eiy  such  offence,  to  be  forfeited  and  paid  by  and  recovered  from 
any  and  every  person  aiding  or  assisting  in  or  consenting  to  the 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  upon  conviction 
thereof  before  any  magistrate  of  this  city. 

Sec.  IV.  The  chief  engineer  shall  in  all  cases  of  fire  have  the  Chief  engi- 
sole  and  absolute  control  and  command  over  all  the  engines  and soieVontmi® 
persons  connected  with  the  fire  department;  audit  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  chief  engineer  to  take  proper  measures  that  the  seve- 
lal  fire  engines  be  arranged  in  the  most  advantageous  situation,  and 
be  duly  worked  for  the  extinguishing  of  fires  ;  and  in  case  another 
file  shall  originate  while  on  duty,  the  chief  engineer  shall  direct 
what  engine  or  hose  company  shall  attend  the  same  :  and  it,  more- 
ovei,  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  engineer  to  examine,  once  in 
eveiy  three  months,  into  the  condition  and  number  of  the  fire  engine 
houses,  number  of  feet  of  engine  hose  and  other  fire  apparatus  in 
the  city,  and  leport  the  same  to  common  council,  together  with  the 
names  of  all  the  members  of  the  fire  department,  and  the  respective 
associations  to  which  they  belong ;  and  whenever  any  of  the  said 
fire  engines  and  othei  fite  apparatus  shall  require  to  be  repaired, 
the  chief  engineer,  under  the  direction  of  the  fire  department  com¬ 
mittee  of  council,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  well  and  efficiently 
done  ;  and  it  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  engineer  to  report 
in  writing  all  accidents  by  fire  that  may  happen  in  this  city,  with 
the  causes  thereof,  as  well  as  they  may  be  ascertained,  and  the  num- 
bei  and  description  of  the  buildings  destroyed  or  injured,  together 
with  the  names  of  the  owners  or  occupants,  to  the  city  clerk,  who 
shall  keep  an  accurate  register  of  the  same  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  chief  engineer  to  examine,  once  in  three  months,  into  the 
condition  of  the  fire-plugs  and  tanks  of  the  city,  and  see  if  they  re¬ 
quire  any  repairs,  and  if  they  do,  he,  under  the  direction  of  the 
committee  on  the  fire  department  of  common  council,  shall  cause 


K 


114 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


Provision  for 
absence  of 
chief  engi¬ 
neer. 


The  several 
branches  of 
the  depart¬ 
ment  to  be 
divided  into 
companies. 


Firemen  ex¬ 
empt  from 
city  poll  tax. 


Fames  of  en¬ 
gineers,  fire¬ 
men,  &c.,  to 
?ie  registered 


Certificates 
of  member¬ 
ship  to  be  is 
sued. 


the  same  to  be  well  and  sufficiently  repaired,  at  the  expense  of  the 
city. 

Sec.  V.  In  case  of  the  absence  of  the  chief  engineer,  the  first 
assistant  shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  of  the  chief  engi¬ 
neer;  and  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  first  assistant,  the  second 
assistant  shall  have  and  exercise  the  same  powers. 

Sec.  VI.  The  firemen,  hosemen,  and  hook  and  ladder  men  shall 
be  divided  into  companies,  to  consist  of  not  more  than  fifty  men  to 
each  hose  company,  seventy  men  to  each  engine  company,  with  an 
additional  number  of  forty  men  to  such  engine  companies  as  run 
a  carriage  carrying  hose,  and  thirty  members  to  each  hook  and  lad¬ 
der  company. 

Sec.  VII.  Hereafter  all  persons  connected  with  the  fire  depart¬ 
ment,  as  herein  before  organized,  shall  be  exempt  from  the  pay¬ 
ment  of  all  city  poll  tax  to  be  assessed  by  the  city,  so  long  as  they 
remain  active  members  of  said  fire  department ;  and,  in  order  that 
it  may  be  better  ascertained  who  are  entitled  to  such  exemption 
as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  president  or  secretary  of 
every  fire  company,  now  organized  or  hereafter  to  be  organized, 
to  make  report,  through  the  chief  engineer,  to  the  clerk  of  common 
council,  on  or  before  the  last  Monday  in  April  in  every  year,  of  the 
names  of  every  person  belonging  to  or  acting  in  the  capacity  of 
firemen  in  their  respective  companies. 

Sec.  VIII.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  common  council 
to  register,  in  a  suitable  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  the  names 
of  engineers,  firemen,  hosemen,  and  hook  and  ladder  men  belong¬ 
ing  to  the  several  companies,  as  reported  to  him  by  the  president 
or  secretary  of  said  companies,  as  herein  before  provided. 

Sec.  IX.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  belonging  to  the 
fire  department,  or  who  hereafter  shall  belong  to  the  same,  to  pro¬ 
cure  a  certificate  from  the  clerk  of  common  council  designating  bis 
membership  and  the  name  of  the  company  to  which  he  may  be  at¬ 
tached  ;  and  the  said  clerk  shall  make  a  minute  of  the  same  in  a 
book  kept  for  registering  the  names  of  the  members  of  the  fire  de¬ 
partment,  and  endorse  said  certificate  “  Registered  in  city  clerk’s 

office,  this - day  of - and  no  person  whose  name  shall 

not  be  so  registered,  and  who  shall  not  procure  such  certificate  as 
aforesaid,  shall  be  entitled  to  any  of  the  privileges  or  immunities 
provided  for  in  this  ordinance  ;  and  the  clerk  of  common  council, 
for  the  additional  service  required  by  this  ordinance,  shall  receive 
twenty  dollars,  to  be  added  to  the  yearly  amount  he  now  receives* 
as  compensation  for  his  services. 


CITY  HALL. 


115 


Sec.  X.  In  order  that  the  engineers  may  be  the  more  readily  dis-  Engineers  to 
tinguished  at  fires,  each  of  the  engineers  shall  wear  such  equipments  fished" by 
as  the  board  shall  hereafter  designate,  such  equipments  to  be  fur-  c‘iuiijnicutd* 
nished  at  the  expense  of  the  city. 

feEC.  XI.  I  he  assessors  in  the  several  wards  of  this  city,  previous  Assessors  to 
to  making  out  then  duplicates,  shall  call  upon  the  city  clerk,  and  of  exempts, 
receive  from  him  a  list  of  persons  in  their  wards  exempt  from  the 
city  poll  tax,  as  herein  before  prescribed. 

Sec.  XII.  All  ordinances,  or  parts  thereof,  heretofore  passed, 
that  shall  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  hereby 
repealed. 


All  ordinance  concerning  the  city  liall. 

Passed  February  3,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  cf 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  there  shall  be  appointed,  annually,  by  the  common  city  hail 
council  a  standing  committee,  to  be  called  the  city  hall  committee,  to  have' the 
who  shall  have  the  care  and  supervision  of  the  city  hall  building  renting 
and  premises,  with  power  to  rent  the  several  rooms  and  offices thereoL 
thereof  for  terms  not  to  exceed  one  year.  They  may  rent  the 
temporary  use  of  the  saloon  from  time  to  time,  the  standing  price 
for  which  shall  be  five  dollars  for  each  occasion  on  which  the  same 
is  occupied  ;  but  said  committee  may,  in  their  discretion,  charge  a 
higher  or  lower  price  therefor,  reporting  the  reasons  for  such  vari¬ 
ance  to  the  council,  at  their  next  stated  meeting.  The  rent  for  the 
temporary  use  of  the  saloon  shall  be  required  by  the  committee  to 
be  paid  in  advance.  The  committee  may  grant  the  free  use  of  the 
saloon  to  the  citizens  for  public  meetings  in  relation  to  city  affairs. 

Sec.  II.  That  in  the  month  of  January,  in  each  year,  the  common  Keeper  of 
council  shall  elect,  by  ballot,  some  proper  person  to  be  keeper  of^^1^, 
said  hall,  whose  term  of  office  shall  commence  on  the  first  day  0fnually* 
April  thereafter,  and  continue  for  one  year  from  that  time  and 
until  a  successor  shall  be  appointed. 

Sec.  III.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  keeper  of  the  hall  to  His  duties, 
open,  light,  and  warm  the  saloon,  for  the  use  of  persons  hiring  the 
same,  upon  the  written  order  of  the  city  hall  committee,  and  noi 


116 


CITY  HALL. 


Further  du¬ 
ties. 


Allowances 
to,  and  pri¬ 
vileges  of. 


Duties  of  ci¬ 
ty  hall  com¬ 
mittee. 


otherwise ;  to  be  in  attendance  at  all  public  meetings  and  exhibi¬ 
tions  which  may  be  held  there;  to  see  that  no  part  of  the  building 
or  furniture  is  injured  ;  to  prevent  all  improper  conduct  and  to 
preserve  order;  and  to  enable  him  more  effectually  to  do  this,  he 
is  hereby  vested  with  all  the  power  and  authority  which  a  consta¬ 
ble  of  the  city  would  have  in  such  cases.  For  the  services  in  this 
section  mentioned,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  have,  out  of  the  rent  re¬ 
ceived  for  each  occasion  on  which  said  saloon  may  be  so  used,  the 
sum  of  one  dollar.  In  no  case  shall  he  act  as  doorkeeper  for,  or 
be  employed  by  the  persons  renting  the  saloon,  under  penalty  of 
forfeiting  the  compensation  aforesaid. 

Sec.  IV.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  said  keeper  to  ring  the 
alarm  bell,  under  the  directions  and  regulations  of  the  chief  engi¬ 
neer  of  the  fire  department,  in  all  cases  of  fire  in  this  city  or  its 
vicinity,  and  the  bell  shall  not  be  rung  for  any  other  purpose,  save 
for  the  purpose  of  calling  the  people  to  elections  or  public  meet¬ 
ings  ;  to  keep  every  part  of  the  building  and  furniture  clean  and 
in  good  order,  and  for  that  purpose  to  clean  and  scrub  out  tho¬ 
roughly  the  public  parts  and  rooms  of  the  said  building  and  its 
public  stairs  and  passages  at  least  once  in  each  month,  and  as  much 
oftener  as  the  committee  shall  direct ;  to  keep  safely  and  provide 
food  for  such  persons  as  may  be  committed  to  the  cells  of  said 
building  by  any  magistrate  of  the  city,  to  be  in  attendance  at  all 
meetings  of  the  common  council,  and  have  their  chamber  properly 
warmed  and  lighted. 

Sec.  V.  That  for  supplying  food  to  prisoners,  the  keeper  shall 
be  allowed  eight  cents  per  meal.  For  the  other  services  mentioned 
in  the  foregoing  section  (including  all  claim  on  the  city  for  fees  as 
jailor  or  turnkey),  he  shall  have  the  use  of  the  dwelling  part  of  the 
city  hall  free  of  rent ;  this  shall  include  such  use  of  the  northwest 
room  of  the  first  floor  as  may  be  had  without  interfering  with  the 
use  of  said  room  for  holding  elections;  but  it  is  to  be  distinctly 
understood  that  said  room  is  always  to  be  open  for  holding  general 
and  special  elections  therein. 

Sec.  VI.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  hall  committee  to 
keep,  or  cause  to  be  kept,  a  book,  in  which  shall  be  registered  all 
lettings  of  any  part  of  said  hall;  and  they  shall  report  to  the  coun¬ 
cil,  at  each  monthly  meeting,  what  moneys  have  been  received 
from  said  building  during  the  previous  month,  and  also  the  condi¬ 
tion  of  the  premises,  and  whether  the  duties  of  the  keeper  have 
been  properly  performed. 

Sec.  VII.  The  keeper  of  the  city  hall  shall  keep  clean  and  in 


SHADE  TREES. 


117 


good  condition  the  paupers’  lodging  room  in  the  rear  of  the  build- To  keep  in 
ing,  together  with  the  fixtures  and  furniture  therein,  and  shall  fur- peS’iSdglng 
nish  meals  and  lodging  to  poor  travellers,  on  the  written  order  0froom- 
the  overseer  of  the  poor,  at  such  price  as  shall  be  from  time  to 
time  allowed  by  council,  and  shall  enforce  all  such  rules  in  relation 
to  said  establishment  as  the  city  hall  committee  shall  prescribe. 

Sec.  VIII.  That  the  ordinance  entitled,  “An  ordinance  concern¬ 
ing  the  city  hall,”  passed  the  fourth  day  of  March,  A.  D.  one  thou¬ 
sand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-four,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  re¬ 
pealed. 


An  ordinance  for  tlie  protection  of  shade  trees. 

Passed  January  6,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  twenty-first  section  of  the  ordinance  entitled,  Part  of for- 
“  An  ordinance  concerning  the  streets,  the  duty  of  the  street  com-  “ancefi' 
mittee  and  street  commissioner,”  passed  March  seventh,  eighteen  pealed' 
hundred  and  forty-two,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  II.  That  whenever  the  street  committee  shall  think  any  Proceedings 
tiee  to  be  such  an  obstruction  in  the  sidewalk  or  gutter  as  to  be  adeemed^6 
nuisance,  they  may  report  such  opinion  to  the  common  council, nuisance- 
wheieupon  the  council  shall  fix  upon  a  time  for  considering  said 
lepoit,  of  which  time  the  president  shall  notify  the  owner  or  pos¬ 
sessor  of  the  premises  in  front  of  which  such  tree  may  be ;  and 
said  owner  and  possessor  may  appear  at  such  time,  in  person  or 
by  attorney,  and  be  heard  upon  the  question  ;  and  if,  upon  full 
hearing  and  investigation,  the  council  shall  determine  that  such  tree 
shall  be  lemoved,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  committee  to 
have  it  removed  accordingly. 

Sec.  III.  That  if  any  person  shall  cut,  bark,  injure,  or  destroy  Penalty  for 
any  shade  tree  standing  on  any  sidewalk  in  this  city,  he  or  she  so  oHnjurinf 
offending,  on  conviction  thereof  before  the  mayor,  recorder,  orUees' 
either  of  the  aldermen,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  such  penalty  as  the 
officer  before  whom  the  same  may  be  tried  may  adjudge,  not  ex¬ 
ceeding  twenty-five  dollars;  and  that  nothing  herein  contained 


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CITY  SOLICITOR. 


Duty  of  mar¬ 
shal,  &c. 


City  solicitor 
appointed, 
and  his  du¬ 
ties. 


To  advise 
with  council, 
&c. 


To  draft  or¬ 
dinances. 


To  prosecute 
and  defend 
actions. 


Assistant 
counsel  may 
be  employed 


shall  prevent  the  owner  of  any  tree  so  injured  from  recovering  by 
civil  action  any  damage  he  may  sustain  by  reason  thereof. 

Sec.  IY.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  market, 
the  marshal,  constables,  and  police  officers,  to  prevent  the  tying  of 
horses  to  trees  along  the  sidewalks,  except  by  the  owners  of  said 
trees,  or  with  his  or  her  consent. 


An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  a  city  soli¬ 
citor. 

Passed  April  3,  1855. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  common  council  shall  elect  annually,  on  the  first 
meeting  in  May,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be  convenient,  by 
ballot,  a  city  solicitor,  who  shall  have  charge  of  and  conduct  the 
law  business  of  the  corporation  and  all  other  law  business  in  which 
the  city  shall  be  interested,  when  so  ordered  by  the  common  coun¬ 
cil,  and  shall  have  charge  of  and  conduct  the  legal  proceedings  ne¬ 
cessary  in  opening,  widening,  or  altering  streets,  and  draw  all 
leases,  deeds,  contracts,  and  other  papers  connected  with  the  affairs 
of  the  city. 

Sec.  II.  He  shall  from  time  to  time,  when  required,  advise  the 
common  council  and  their  committees  and  officers,  respectively, 
upon  all  matters  which  may  be  submitted  to  him  for  his  opinion. 

Sec.  III.  He  shall  draw  such  ordinances  as  may  be  required  of 
him  by  the  common  council,  or  any  committee  thereof. 

Sec.  IV.  He  shall  prosecute  and  defend,  as  the  solicitor  of  the 
corporation,  all  actions  which  may  be  brought  by  or  against  them, 
or  any  officer  thereof,  for  or  by  reason  of  any  matter  or  duty  con¬ 
nected  with  or  growing  out  of  their  respective  offices,  or  in  which 
the  corporation  are  interested,  in  any  court  in  this  state,  including 
actions  for  violations  of  the  ordinances  of  the  common  council,  or 
arising  under  the  charter  of  the  city,  or  under  the  laws  of  this 
state,  in  which  the  city  is  interested. 

Sec.  V.  He  shall  not  employ  for  the  said  corporation  any  counsel 
at  the  expense  of  said  city,  without  the  assent  of  the  said  common 
council  first  duly  obtained,  to  act  with  him  as  assistant  counsel  on 


loans. 


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the  tiial  or  argument  of  any  cause,  or  in  regard  to  any  other  mat¬ 
ter  or  proceeding. 

.  Sec*  ^  sbab  be  entitled  to  receive,  annually,  for  the  ser-  Salary,  &c. 

vices  in  this  ordinance  mentioned,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars, 

for  the  conducting  and  argument  and  trial  of  all  suits  and  prosecu¬ 
tions. 

He  shall,  nevertheless,  be  entitled  to  receive  the  taxable  costs  in 
all  actions  and  proceedings  conducted,  prosecuted,  or  defended  by 
him,  as  such  solicitor. 

„  SeC*  VI1,  UPon  tlie  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  or  his  re- To deliver 
signation  thereof  or  removal  therefrom,  the  said  solicitor  shall  s"c^ers  to 
forthwith,  on  demand,  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office  all  papers  ^ 
in  his  hands  belonging  to  the  city,  or  any  of  its  officers,  and  all  pa¬ 
pers  in  actions  prosecuted  or  defended  by  him  then  pending  or 
Undetermined,  and  a  written  consent  of  substitution  of  his  succes¬ 
sor  in  all  such  actions  then  pending  and  undetermined. 

.  fEC'  VIIT*  He  sha11  not  brinS  an  aPPeal  in  any  action  in  which  Not t0  bring 
judgment  shall  have  been  given  against  the  city,  except  by  direc- appea1,  &c- 
tion  of  the  common  council. 

Sec.  IX.  He  shall  not  institute  any  suit  or  action  without  the  ex-  Suits  not  to 
pressed  concurrence  of  the  common  council  duly  obtained.  [^instituted, 


An  ordinance  to  facilitate 


lighting  the  streets  with  gas. 


Passed  June  5,  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


Sec.  I.  That  the  mayor  of  the  city  be  requested  and  required,  Mayor  an* 
if  this  ordinance  meets  his  concurrence  and  approbation,  to  con-  Contract 
tract,  in  due  form  of  law,  with  the  Trenton  Gas  Light  Company  p^y.com' 
in  manner  following,  that  is  to  say  : 

Whereas  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Trenton  desire  to  Preamble, 
have  the  principal  streets  of  said  city  lighted  with  gas,  and  the 
1  renton  Gas  Light  Company  propose,  in  consideration  that 
council  will  subscribe  ten  thousand  dollars  to  their  capital  stock, 
to  extend  the  main  pipes  of  their  contemplated  works,  and 
serve  the  public  lamps  therefrom  with  gas,  to  meet  the  wishes 
of  council  and  the  wants  of  the  city : 


120 


LOANS. 


Now  this  indenture,  made  this  -  day  of  June,  eighteen 

hundred  and  forty-eight,  between  the  Trenton  Gas  Light  Com¬ 
pany,  of  the  first  part,  and  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Tren¬ 
ton,  of  the  second  part,  witnesseth,  that  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
in  consideration  of  the  covenants  herein  after  recited  and  of  the 
subscription  of  ten  thousand  dollars  to  their  capital  stock,  do  cove¬ 
nant  and  agree  to  and  with  the  party  of  the  second  part,  in  manner 
following,  to  wit :  That  they,  the  party  of  the  first  part,  in  the  con¬ 
struction  and  erection  of  their  proposed  gas  works,  and  in  the  laying 
of  main  pipes  therefrom,  will  continue  the  same,  of  suitable  size, 
through  the  following  named  streets  of  Trenton,  the  following  dis¬ 
tances,  that  is  to  say:  along  Warren  street,  from  the  Assanpink 
bridge  to  where  the  Pennington  road  intersects  the  said  street; 
along  Greene  street,  from  Washington  street  to  the  canal  feeder; 
along  Front  street,  from  Willow  street  to  Montgomery  street;  along 
State  street,  from  Calhoun’s  lane  to  the  canal  ;  along  Hanover 
street,  from  Greene  street  to  Stockton  street;  along  Perry  street, 
from  Greene  street  to  Stockton  street.  And  the  said  party  of  the 
first  part  further  agree,  that  they  will,  at  the  request  of  the  common 
council  of  said  city,  serve  the  public  lamps  that  may  be  hereafter 
erected  along  the  streets  and  within  the  limits  aforesaid,  or  such  of 
them  as  council  from  time  to  time  may  designate,  with  gas,  at  a 
price  not  to  exceed  the  current  rates  charged  by  them  to  private 
consumers;  and  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  do  further  agree,  at 
the  expiration  of  twenty  years  from  this  date,  to  purchase  the  said 
stock  subscribed  by  virtue  of  this  agreement  at  par,  should  council 
then  elect  to  sell  the  same. 

In  consideration  whereof,  and  for  the  purpose  of  lighting  the 
said  city  as  aforesaid,  the  party  of  the  second  part  hereby  covenant 
and  agree  to  forthwith  subscribe  for  five  hundred  shares  of  the 
capital  stock  of  the  Trenton  Gas  Light  Company,  and  to  pay  there¬ 
for,  upon  the  completion  of  the  mains  aforesaid  along  the  streets 
as  aforesaid,  and  upon  the  party  of  the  first  part  being  ready  to 
serve  the  gas  as  aforesaid,  and  upon  the  legal  execution  and  tender, 
by  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  to  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  the 
bond  of  the  said  party,  in  the  penal  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dol¬ 
lars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance,  on  their  part,  of  the 
covenants  and  agreements  by  them  herein  agreed  to  be  performed ; 
and  upon  the  legal  execution  and  tender  by  the  said  party  of  the 
first  part,  to  the  said  mayor,  of  a  mortgage,  constituting  a  first  lien 
upon  all  their  lands,  buildings,  works,  mains,  and  corporate  fran¬ 
chises  to  secure  the  fulfilment  of  the  condition  of  the  said  bond, 


LOANS. 


121 


which  payment  shall  be  made  in  cash,  or  in  the  certificates  of  loan 
issued  by  the  mayor,  under  his  hand  and  the  corporate  seal  of  said 
city,  each  for  one  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  Trenton  Gas 
Light  Company  or  to  their  assigns,  bearing  an  interest  of  six  per 
cent.,  payable  annually;  which  certificates  shall  be  redeemable  in 
twenty  years,  shall  bear  date  on  the  day  of  their  issue,  and  be 
transferable  by  written  assignment  and  delivery.  And  the  said 
party  of  the  second  part  further  covenant  and  agree,  that  upon  the 
completion  of  the  said  gas  works,  they  will  erect  and  keep  up 
public  lamps  along  the  said  streets  in  which  the  mains  of  the  said 
company  are  to  be  laid,  as  aforesaid,  at  intervals  not  to  exceed  four 
hundred  feet;  provided,  that  nothing  in  these  articles  of  agreement  Proviso, 
shall  be  so  construed  as  to  compel  the  said  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
City  of  Trenton  to  light  with  gas,  or  otherwise,  the  said  lamps,  or 
any  part  thereof. 

Sec.  II.  And  be  it  enacted ,  That  the  mayor  of  the  city,  upon  the  Certificates 
fulfilment  of  the  said  contract  on  the  part  of  the  Trenton  Gas  Lightissued. 
Company,  shall  forthwith  execute,  on  behalf  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  City  of  Trenton,  ten  certificates  of  loan  for  one  thousand  dol¬ 
lars  each,  bearing  an  annual  interest  of  six  per  cent.,  and  redeem¬ 
able  in  twenty  years,  which  certificates  he  shall  pay  to  the  said 
company,  upon  receiving  from  them  the  bond  and  mortgage  afore¬ 
said,  and  a  certificate  duly  executed  to  the  said  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  City  of  Trenton  for  five  hundred  shares  of  the  capital  stock  of 
said  company,  which  certificate  of  stock  shall  be  placed  in  the 
keeping  of  the  treasurer  of  said  city. 

The  above  ordinance  meets  my  concurrence  and  approbation. 

Signed  June  7,  1848. 

Sam.  R.  Hamilton,  Mayor,  fyc. 


An  ordinance  to  provide  for  raising  money  by  loan  to  pay 
the  expenses  of  lighting  the  city  with  gas,  and  to  discharge 
the  debts  of  preceding  years,  and  supply  the  deficiency .'of 
means  to  meet  the  current  expenses  of  the  present  year, 
occasioned  by  an  error  in  the  assessment. 

Passed  December  14,  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

L 


122 


LOANS. 


Proposaisfor  Sec.  I.  That  the  treasurer  of  the  city  is  hereby  authorized  and 

sued.  directed,  if  approved  by  the  mayor,  to  issue  proposals  for  a  loan  of 
five  thousand  dollars;  and  the  faith  of  the  city  is  hereby  pledged  to 
the  lenders  of  the  same  for  the  payment  thereof,  with  legal  interest. 

Certificates  Sec.  II.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  proposals  for  the  whole  sum, 

to  be  issued. 

or  any  part  thereof  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  ;  ‘provided , 
that  the  said  treasurer  shall  accept  no  bid  for  the  said  loan,  or  any 
part  thereof,  at  less  than  par  value ;  and  for  the  sums  borrowed 
shall  issue  certificates  of  loan,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  on  the  first  days  of  July 
and  January,  in  each  year  ;  three  thousand  dollars  of  said  loan  shall 
be  reimbursable  on  the  first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  fifty-two,  and  the  remaining  two  thousand  dollars  shall 
be  reimbursable  on  the  first  day  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and 
fifty-four. 

Certificates  Sec.  III.  The  treasurer  shall  issue  the  said  certificates  of  loan 

trsDsi^rdblc 

'  for  such  sums,  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  each,  as  the  lenders 
thereof  shall  prefer;  and  the  said  certificates  shall  be  severally  trans¬ 
ferable  by  the  holders  .thereof,  or  their  legal  attorneys,  executors, 
administrators,  or  assigns,  by  endorsement  thereon  at  the  office  and 
in  the  presence  of  the  treasurer  of  the  city  for  the  time  being. 

Sec.  IV.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  after 
the  passage  thereof. 

Approved  December  18th,  1848. 

Sam.  R.  Hamilton,  Mayor ,  fyc. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance  to 
provide  for  raising  money  by  loan  to  pay  the  expenses  of 
lighting  the  city  with  gas,  and  to  discharge  the  debts  of 
preceding  years,  and  supply  the  deficiency  of  means  to 
to  meet  the  current  expenses  of  the  present  year,  occa¬ 
sioned  by  an  error  in  the  assessments.” 

Passed  January  1,  1849. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


Part  of  for¬ 
mer  ordi¬ 
nance  re¬ 
pealed 


Sec.  I.  That  so  much  of  the  second  section  of  the  said  ordinance 
as  relates  to  the  time  at  which  the  moneys  to  be  loaned  are  made 
reimbursable,  is  hereby  repealed. 


LOANS. 


123 


Sec.  II.  And  be  it  further  enacted ,  That  the  whole  sum  of  five  When  loan 
thousand  dollars  to  be  raised  by  loan,  as  in  the  said  ordinance  is  setbic. 
forth,  shall  be  reimbursable  on  the  first  day  of  January,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty. 

Sec.  III.  1  hat  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  as  soon  as  it  When  to 

^  fccilec  cflcct 

shall  be  approved  of  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Trenton. 


An  ordinance  authorizing  an  agreement  with  the  Trenton 

Gas  Light  Company. 

Passed  September  11,  1854. 

Whereas  the  Trenton  Gas  Light  Company  have  proposed  to  the  Preamble, 
common  council  to  purchase  the  shares  of  the  stock  of  said  com¬ 
pany  now  belonging  to  the  city  of  Trenton,  at  the  sum  of  ten 
thousand  dollars,  and  to  annul  all  agreements  heretofore  made 
in  relation  to  said  stock  between  said  city  and  said  company, 
said  ten  thousand  dollars  to  be  payable  on  the  twenty-first  day 
of  June,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-eight,  and 
to  draw  interest,  to  fall  due  quarterly,  and  to  be  secured  by  a 
bond  and  mortgage  on  the  lands,  pipes,  fixtures,  works,  ma¬ 
chinery,  and  franchises  of  said  company,  said  mortgage  to  be  a 
lien  on  said  lands,  pipes,  fixtures,  works,  machinery,  and  fran¬ 
chises  second  only  to  another  mortgage  thereon  of  fifteen  thou¬ 
sand  dollars,  which  said  company  propose  to  retain  the  right  to 
make,  if  their  necessities  shall  in  their  opinion  hereafter  require 
it;  and  whereas  said  company  have  further  offered  to  permit 
said  city  to  offset  said  interest,  as  the  same  shall  fall  due,  against 
any  claim  which  may  accrue  to  said  company  for  gas  consumed 
by  said  city,  if  any  shall  be  so  consumed;  and  whereas  the  com¬ 
mon  council  deem  such  arrangement  beneficial  to  said  city — 
therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  whenever  the  said  Trenton  Gas  Light  Company  shall  have  stock  be- 
executed  and  delivered  to  the  city  treasurer  a  bond  and  mortgage  dtymay°be 
on  the  lands,  pipes,  fixtures,  works,  machinery,  and  franchises  Qf tranikned- 
said  company,  to  secure  to  the  city  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars, 


124 


LOANS. 


on  the  twenty-first  day  of  June,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty-eight,  with  interest  thereon  from  the  date  of  said  mort- 
gage,  payable  quarterly  on  the  first  days  of  January,  April,  July, 
and  October,  in  each  year,  with  satisfactory  proofs  that  the  same  is 
a  first  lien  upon  the  mortgaged  premises,  and  also  an  agreement 
authorizing  any  money  which  may  thereafter  become  due  from  the 
city  to  the  company  for  gas,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  sufficient 
for  that  purpose,  to  be  credited  on  said  mortgage  quarterly,  in  pay¬ 
ment  of  the  interest  thereof,  as  the  same  shall  fall  due,  said  bond, 
mortgage,  proofs,  and  agreement  to  be  approved  of  by  the  com¬ 
mon  council,  that  then  the  mayor  is  hereby  authorized  and  required 
to  transfer  to  the  said  company  the  shares  of  stock  therein  now 
belonging  to  the  city,  to  cancel  in  legal  form  the  mortgage  hereto¬ 
fore  given  by  said  company  to  said  city,  and  to  give  to  said  com- 
pany,  under  the  seal  of  the  city,  an  agreement,  that  if  hereafter 
the  necessities  of  said  company  shall  in  their  opinion  render  it  de- 
siiable  to  execute  another  mortgage  on  the  lands,  pipes,  fixtures, 
works,  machinery,  and  franchises  of  said  company,  for  a  sum  not 
exceeding  fifteen  thousand  dollars ;  that  said  second  mortgage, 
when  executed,  shall,  notwithstanding  its  subsequent  execution, 
have  priority  to  the  mortgage  to  the  city  above  referred  to,  if  at 
the  time  of  the  executing  said  second  mortgage  said  company  shall 
be  so  situated  that  giving  priority  to  said  second  mortgage  shall 
have  no  further  prejudicial  effect  upon  the  mortgage  of  the  city. 


An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  borrowing  of  money  for  the 
purpose  of  building  a  school  house. 


Passed  March  19,  1849. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


$6000  to  be 
borrowed. 


City  pledged 
for  payment. 


Sec.  I.  That  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Trenton  be  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  to  borrow,  for  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  the  sum  of  six  thousand  dollars,  for  a  period  of  five  years, 
the  said  sum  to  be  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  public 
school  house  in  the  city  of  Trenton. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  said  treasurer  may  pledge  the  faith  of  the  In¬ 
habitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton  for  the  repayment  of  the  said 


loans. 


125 


sum;  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  execute  a  bond,  in  the  name 

an  on  behalf  ot  the  said  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton 

conditioned  for  the  payment  of  the  said  money  at  the  end  of  five 

years  from  the  time  of  borrowing  the  same,  with  interest  from 

date  payable  yearly  thereon ;  and  the  mayor  of  the  said  city  is  hereby 

authorized  and  requested  to  affix  the  seal  of  the  said  city  to  said 

ond  which  said  bond,  when  thus  executed,  shall  be  deemed  and 

considered  legal  and  binding  on  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Citv  of 
1  renton.  J 

,  m:  ,That, tl,e  interest  and  principal  of  the  said  loan  interest,  *c„ 
1  be  Paul  111  the  manner  following,  to  wit:  a  sum  equal  to  thet0bepaid* 
yearly  interest  and  the  one-fifth  part  of  the  said  loan  shall  be  added 
yearly  and  every  year  to  the  amount  to  be  raised  by  taxes  in  the 
said  city,  until  the  said  loan  and  interest  be  fully  paid,  which  said 
sum  thus  raised  shall  be  a  fund  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  of  the 
said  city,  to  be  exclusively  applied,  under  the  direction  of  the 
common  council,  to  the  liquidation  of  the  said  loan  and  interest. 

Sec.  IV.  That  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  men  to 
a  ter  the  same  shall  be  approved  of  by  the  people  of  the  said  city  takeeffect- 
at  their  next  annual  election.  ’ 


An  ordinance  to  cany  into  effect  the  vote  of  the  citizens  of 
Trenton  in  favor  of  the  school  house  loan. 

Passed  May  9,  1850. 

Whereas  the  superintendent  of  public  schools  and  the  school  com- Preamble 
mittee  recently  recommended  the  raising,  by  loan,  the  sum  of 
six  thousand  dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  lot,  and 
uildmg  a  public  school  house  thereon,  which  recommendation 
was  submitted  to  the  citizens  at  the  last  city  election;  and 
whereas  the  result  of  said  election  was  in  favor  of  said  loan, 
whereby  it  hath  become  the  duty  of  the  common  council  to  bor¬ 
row  said  sum  on  the  credit  of  the  city,  upon  the  best  terms  upon 
which  they  can  procure  the  same — therefore, 

Te  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 

Trenton ,  m  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

.^ec.  I.  That  the  city  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  and  required  Loan  of 
to  cause  to  be  prepared  certificates  of  a  loan,  to  be  called  theSfzeT 

L* 


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LOANS. 


When  reim¬ 
bursable. 


Certificates 
not  less  than 
$100. 


Certificates 
must  bring 
par. 


Loan  to  be 
advertised. 


“  Public  school  house  loan,”  for  an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the 
whole  the  sum  of  six  thousand  dollars;  that  said  certificates  shall 
pledge  the  faith  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton  to  pay  to 
the  payee  named  therein,  or  to  his  or  her  order,  the  principal  sum 
mentioned  in  said  certificate  at  a  certain  time,  to  be  expressed 
therein,  with  lawful  interest  thereon,  on  the  first  day  of  August,  in 
each  year. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  sura  of  six  hundred  dollars,  part  of  said  loan, 
shall  be  made  payable  on'the  first  day  of  August,  A.  D.  eighteen  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty-one,  and  the  like  sum  shall  be  payable  on  the  first  day 
of  August  in  each  succeeding  year,  until  the  whole  be  paid. 

Sec.  III.  That  no  certificate  in  said  loan  shall  be  issued  for  a  less 
sum  than  one  hundred  dollars,  nor  for  a  fractional  part  of  one  hun¬ 
dred  dollars. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  city  treasurer  is  authorized  to  dispose  of  said 
certificates  of  loan  for  the  best  price  he  can  obtain  for  the  same,  but 
in  no  case  for  less  than  their  par  value. 

Sec.  V.  That  when  certificates  of  loan  shall  be  prepared,  the 
mayor  is  hereby  authorized  to  sign  the  same,  and  to  affix  thereto  the 
common  seal  of  the  city. 

Sec.  VI.  That  the  city  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  make 
such  advertisement  for  said  loan  as  may  be  necessary,  and  shall  pay 
the  proceeds  to  be  derived  from  said  loan  over  to  the  superintendent 
of  public  schools,  as  soon  as  he  shall  receive  the  same. 


An  ordinance  to  authorize  a  loan  for  the  purpose  of  paying 
that  part  of  the  city  debt  which  became  due  on  the  first 
day  of  January,  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty.. 

Passed  June  6,  1850. 

Preamble.  Whereas  a  part  of  the  city  debt,  amounting  to  thirteen  thousand 
five  hundred  and  thirty-three  dollars  and  sixty-eight  cents,  (being 
the  loan  authorized  in  the  years  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty- 
eight  and  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-three,  respectively,)  be¬ 
came  due  on  the  first  day  of  January  last,  and  the  holders  of 
said  loans  then  consented  to  an  extension  of  the  time  of  payment 
thereof  until  the  first  day  of  July  next,  upon  the  condition  that 
they  should  have  the  privilege  of  taking  at  par  an  amount  of  a 
new  loan  equal  to  that  of  their  respective  certificates  in  the  old 
loans — therefore, 


LOANS. 


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Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 

Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  city  treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  $13, sootob. 
to  borrow,  for  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton,  the  sum  0fborrowe<I- 

thirteen  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  for  the  term  of  twenty  years 
11  om  the  first  day  of  July  next. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  treasurer  shall  issue  certificates  of  loan  for  the  certificates 
moneys  borrowed  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance,  and  thereby  pledge  t0  be 
the  faith  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton  to  repay  the 
same  on  the  first  day  of  July,  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy, 
with  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  annu¬ 
ally,  on  the  first  day  of  July, in  each  year;  and  the  mayor  is  hereby 
authorized  and  requested  to  affix  to  said  certificates,  when  pre¬ 
pared,  the  common  seal  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  holders  of  certificates  in  the  loans  now  due  Privi]efre  of 
have  the  privilege,  until  the  first  day  of  July  next  inclusive,  0fholder3- 
taking  at  par  an  amount  of  the  new  loan  equal  to  that  of  their  re¬ 
spective  certificates  in  the  old  loans. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  moneys  borrowed  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance  Proceeds  of 
be  applied,  exclusively,  to  the  payment  of  the  principal  of  that  1aoan^ehdow 
portion  of  the  city  debt  which  became  due  on  the  first  day  of  Ja-  ^  * 
nuary,  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty,  and  that  the  sum  of  thirty- 
three  dollars  and  sixty-eight  cents  of  said  principal,  being  the  differ¬ 
ence  between  the  amount  of  the  old  and  new  loans,  be  paid  by  the 
treasurer  out  of  any  money  in  his  hands  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Sec.  V.  That  the  certificates  of  the  old  loans,  when  taken  up,  Certificates 
be  forthwith  cancelled  by  the  treasurer,  and  retained  by  him  sub-tobe'ew. 
ject  to  the  further  order  of  council. 

Approved  June  7th,  1850. 

Wm.  Napton,  Mayor ,  fyc. 


An  ordinance  to  facilitate  the  payment  of  the  city  debt. 

Passed  February  10,  1855. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That,  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  the  redemption  of  so  Scrip  to  bo 
much  of  the  city  debt  as  falls  due  on  the  first  day  of  July  next,  the 


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LOANS. 


commissioner  of  the  sinking  fund  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  sell  or  exchange  so  much  of  the  scrip  now  held 
by  the  said  fund  as  will  be  sufficient  to  pay  the  debt  so  falling  due 
as  aforesaid;  provided ,  that  no  scrip  shall  be  exchanged,  except  at 
its  full  par  value,  nor  shall  any  be  sold  at  a  less  rate,  except  at  pub¬ 
lic  auction,  and  with  the  advice  and  direction  of  the  finance  com¬ 
mittee. 


Appropria¬ 
tion  to  sink¬ 
ing  fund  to 
he  paid  over 
to  commis¬ 
sioner. 

How  reve¬ 
nue  from 
markets  dis¬ 
posed  of. 


Sec.  II.  The  annual  appropriation  to  the  sinking  fund  for  the 
present  year  shall  be  paid  to  the  commissioner  on  the  first  day  of 
July  next. 

Sec.  III.  The  balance  of  the  revenue  derived  from  the  rents  and 
profits  of  the  market  houses,  after  the  payment  of  the  interest  on 
the  market  house  debt,  shall  be  paid,  as  now  required  by  law,  into 


the  sinking  fund,  to  be  applied  to  the  extinguishment  of  the  said 
debt,  until  the  whole  principal  thereof  is  satisfied. 


An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  purchase  of  the  capital  stock 
of  the  Trenton  Water  Works  Company. 

Passed  April  3,  1855. 

Preamble.  Whereas,  by  an  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  New  Jersey, 
approved  March  second,  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-five, 
the  city  of  Trenton  was  authorized  to  purchase  the  stock  of  “  the 
President  and  Directors  of  the  Trenton  Water  Works;”  and 
whereas  the  said  act,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  thereof,  was,  at 
an  election  held  on  the  fourth  Monday  of  the  same  month  of 
March,  ratified  by  a  majority  of  the  electors  of  said  city  who  vo¬ 
ted  at  the  said  election,  voting  for  such  purchase  ;  and  whereas 
the  common  council  are  desirous  of  carrying  the  said  act  into  op¬ 
eration — therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Treasurer  to  Sec.  I.  The  treasurer  of  the  city  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized 
shares  of  ca- and  directed,  as  soon  as  may  be,  to  purchase,  in  the  name  and  on 
pitdi  stock.  pe]ia]f  0f  tjie  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton,  the  shares 

of  capital  stock  of  all  the  stockholders  of  the  said  the  President 
and  Directors  of  the  Trenton  Water  Works  who  may  offer  to 


LOANS. 


129 


sell  the  same  at  its  par  value  at  any  time  within  one  year  from 
the  second  day  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-five,  and 
to  receive  in  payment  therefor  the  bonds  of  the  city,  herein  after 
mentioned,  or  cash,  at  the  option  of  the  said  treasurer;  provided,  Proviso, 
that  a  majority  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  said  company  shall 
be  so  offered  to  the  said  treasurer  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day 
of  May  next. 

Sec.  II.  To  provide  means  for  paying  for  said  stock,  and  to  carry  Ronds  for 
into  effect  the  object  and  purposes  of  the  said  act,  the  treasurer  be  be  issued, 
and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  issue  the  bonds  of  the 
said  city  for  an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the  whole  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  payable  on  the  first  day  of  May,  in  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-five,  and  bearing  interest  from 
and  after  the  first  day  of  May,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and 
fifty-five,  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annu¬ 
ally  on  the  first  day  of  May  and  on  the  first  day  of  November,  in 
each  year. 

Sec.  III.  The  moneys  for  which  the  said  bonds  shall  be  issued  city  pledged 
shall  be  called  “the  Water  Loan,”  and  the  faith  of  the  city  is tionof toan*. 
hereby  pledged  to  the  holders  of  the  said  bonds  for  the  payment 
thereof,  with  interest  as  aforesaid  ;  and  the  said  moneys,  with  the 
interest  thereof,  shall  be  a  lien  on  the  revenue  and  dividends  of  the 
stock  so  purchased  by  the  city ;  and  the  said  revenue  and  dividends 
are  hereby  irrevocably  pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  said  princi¬ 
pal  and  interest. 

Sec.  IV.  The  said  bonds  shall  not  be  subject  or  liable  to  any  Bonds  not  to 
tax  which  may  at  any  time  hereafter  be  levied  or  assessed  by  order  taxed* 
of  the  common  council  of  the  said  city. 

Sec.  V.  The  bonds  issued  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance  shall  beTobe  sealed 
sealed  with  the  city  seal,  signed  by  the  mayor,  and  attested  by  thecal,  &cT 
treasurer.  The  treasurer  shall  keep  a  register  of  the  bonds  so  is¬ 
sued,  with  the  numbers  and  amounts  thereof,  the  names  of  the  per¬ 
sons  to  whom  issued,  and  the  date  of  such  issue. 

Sec.  VI.  The  said  bonds  shall  not  be  issued  for  any  less  sum  than  Not  to  be  of 
one  hundred  dollars,  nor  for  any  fractional  part  of  one  hundred  dol- nomination 
lars ;  and  they  shall  be  issued  with  interest  coupons  thereto  attached, thaa  1U°‘ 
the  delivery  of  which  coupons  to  the  treasurer,  or  other  officer  au¬ 
thorized  to  pay  the  same,  shall  be  a  sufficient  voucher  to  such 
officer  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  therein  specified. 

Sec.  VII.  None  of  the  said  bonds  shall  be  sold  or  disposed  ofNottobe 
at  less  than  their  par  value;  and  the  proceeds  thereof  shall  be  ap- at lessthan 
plied  exclusively  to  the  purposes  contemplated  by  this  ordinance, par’ 
and  to  no  other  purpose  whatever. 


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LOANS. 


Revenues, 
how  to  be 
applied. 


$1200  to  be 
borrowed. 


Payment 
provided  for 


Liquidation 
of  loan. 


When  to 
take  effect. 


Sec.  VIII.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  for  the  time  be¬ 
ing  to  receive  the  revenue  and  dividends  of  the  stock  purchased 
by  the  city,  and  to  keep  a  separate  account  thereof,  which  revenue 
and  dividends  shall  be  applied  first  to  the  payment  of  the  interest 
of  the  said  bonds,  and  the  balance,  thereof  shall  be  set  apart  as  a 
sinking  fund  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  of  said  bonds. 


An  ordinance  concerning  the  poor  house. 

Passed  March  22,  1849. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Trenton  be  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  to  borrow,  for  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  dollars,  for  the  repair  of  the 
old  building,  and  for  the  erection  of  a  wing  at  the  east  end  thereof. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  said  treasurer  may  pledge  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  City  of  Trenton  for  the  repayment  of  the  said  sum  ;  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  to  execute  a  bond,  in  the  name  and  in  behalf  of 
the  said  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton,  conditioned  for  the 
payment  of  the  said  money  at  the  end  of  five  years  from  the  time 
of  borrowing  the  same,  with  interest  from  date  payable  yearly 
thereon  ;  and  the  mayor  of  the  said  city  is  hereby  authorized  and 
requested  to  affix  the  seal  of  the  said  city  to  the  said  bond,  which 
said  bond,  when  thus  executed,  shall  be  deemed  and  considered 
legal  and  binding  on  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Trenton. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  interest  and  principal  of  the  said  loan  shall 
be  paid  in  the  manner  following,  to  wit :  a  sum  equal  to  the  yearly 
interest  and  the  one-fifth  part  of  the  said  loan  shall  be  added  yearly 
and  every  year  to  the  amount  to  be  raised  by  taxes  in  the  said  city, 
until  the  said  loan  and  interest  be  fully  paid,  which  said  sum,  thus 
raised,  shall  be  a  fund  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  of  the  said  city, 
to  be  exclusively  applied,  under  the  direction  of  the  common  coun¬ 
cil,  to  the  liquidation  of  the  said  loan  and  interest. 

Sec.  IV.  That  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
after  the  same  shall  be  approved  of  by  the  people  of  the  said  city, 
at  their  next  annual  election. 


SWINE,  ETC. 


131 


An  ordinance  concerning  the  city  physicians  and  overseer 

of  the  poor. 

Passed  April  11,  1856. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  common  council  shall  annually  appoint  two  city  Two  city 
physicians,  one  for  the  first,  second,  and  fifth  wards,  and  the  other 
for  the  third,  fourth,  and  sixth  wards  of  said  city,  whose  duty  it  shall ed' 
be,  under  the  directions  of  the  poor  house  committee,  to  prescribe 
for  the  city  poor  within  their  respective  districts,  and  to  visit  the 
poor  house,  as  herein  after  directed. 

Sec.  II.  That  each  of  said  physicians  shall  visit  the  poor  house  Physicians  to 
every  two  weeks  (or  oftener  if  required  in  case  of  sickness) ;  pro-  Speri- 
vided,  that  said  visits  shall  be  so  arranged  that  the  poor  house  shall odically* 
be  isited  by  a  physician  at  least  once  in  every  week. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  city  physicians  shall  each  receive  one  hundred  Salaries  of 
dollars  per  annum,  as  a  compensation  for  their  services.  physicians. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  overseer  of  the  poor  of  the  city  of  Trenton  Salary  of 
shall  receive  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  dollars  per  annum,  to  be°verseer’ 
paid  in  four  equal  quarterly  payments,  as  full  compensation  for  all 
duties  and  services  performed,  or  that  may  hereafter  by  the  ordi¬ 
nances  of  said  city  be  required  to  be  performed  by  him. 

Sec.  V.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  heretofore 
passed  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed. 


An  ordinance  concerning  swine,  goats,  and  sheep. 

Passed  January  5,  1852. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  It  any  person  shall  wilfully  or  negligently  suffer  any  swine,  swiae,  Lc., 
goats,  or  sheep  to  run  at  large  in  any  of  the  streets,  lanes,  or  al-  Z[l°.  “ 
leys  of  this  city,  or  to  trespass  on  their  neighbors’  grounds,  he,  she, 
or  they  so  offending  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  any  of 


132 


SWINE,  ETC. 


the  magistrates  of  the  said  city,  on  the  complaint  of  any  person  who 
will  make  the  same,  forfeit  and  pay,  for  each  and  every  such  offence, 
the  sum  of  five  dollars,  which  said  penalties  shall  be  levied  and  ap¬ 
plied  according  to  law. 

Pound  keep-  Sec.  II.  The  common  council  of  the  said  city  shall  from  time  to 

pointed. SP  time  appoint  a  suitable  person  as  public  pound  keeper  for  such 
periods  as  may  be  deemed  advisable,  who  shall  be  entitled  to 
such  fees  and  emoluments  as  common  council  by  resolution  shall 
appoint. 

Pound  to  be  Sec.  III.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  pound  keeper  to  provide  a 
yard  or  other  enclosure  within  the  said  city,  which  shall  be  a  public 
pound,  into  which  he  shall  put  and  secure  all  swine,  goats,  or 
sheep  found  running  at  large  in  any  of  the  streets,  lanes,  or  alleys, 
or  trespassing  on  private  grounds  in  the  said  city;  and  if  the  owner 
or  owners  of  the  said  swine,  goats,  or  sheep  are  known,  and  inha¬ 
bitants  of  the  said  city,  and  easily  found,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  pound  keeper  to  notify  him,  her,  or  them,  either  personally  or 
in  writing,  of  such  seizure  and  impounding,  and  requiring  him,  her, 
or  them  to  pay  the  said  penalty  of  five  dollars,  and  to  take  charge 
of  said  swine,  goats,  or  sheep  ;  but  if  the  said  owner  or  owners 
shall  neglect,  or  refuse  payment  of  the  said  forfeiture  for  twelve 
hours  after  such  notification,  or  if  the  said  owner  or  owners  are  not 
known,  or  are  not  residents  of  the  said  city  and  easily  found,  then 
the  said  pound  keeper  shall  advertise  such  swine,  goats,  or  sheep 
for  sale  in  three  of  the  most  public  places  within  the  city,  setting 
forth  the  cause  of  their  detention,  and  describing  the  natural  and 
artificial  marks  of  the  said  swine,  goats,  or  sheep,  if  any,  and  that 
they  will  be  sold  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  from  the  date,  if  the 
owner  or  owners  shall  not  before  that  time  pay  the  aforesaid  for¬ 
feiture  and  expenses,  and  take  them  away. 

Proceedings  Sec.  IV.  If  the  owner  shall  not  appear  before  the  expiration  of 

owner  not  the  time  mentioned  in  the  advertisement,  and  pay  the  aforesaid 

appearing,  forfejture8>  with  the  expense  of  keeping  such  swine,  goats,  or  sheep, 
and  take  them  away,  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  said  pound  keeper 
to  sell  such  swine,  goats,  or  sheep  by  public  outcry  to  the  highest 
bidder,  and  after  deducting  the  forfeitures  aforesaid,  to  be  paid  by 
him  to  the  treasurer  of  the  city;  and  the  expense  of  keeping  such 
swine,  goats,  or  sheep  to  be  taxed  by  one  of  the  city  magistrates, 
together  with  fifty  cents  for  each  sale,  for  his  own  trouble  and  at¬ 
tendance  on  said  sale  ;  he  shall  pay  the  remainder,  if  any  there  be, 
to  the  treasurer  of  the  city,  to  and  for  the  use  of  the  city,  and  shall 
at  the  same  time  render  an  account  of  the  swine,  goats,  or  sheep, 


SWINE,  ETC* 


133 


*nd  of  the  sale  and  deductions,  to  the  clerk  of  the  city,  who  shall 
hie  such  account  in  his  office  ;  provided  always ,  that  if  the  owner 
or  owners  of  such  swine,  goats,  or  sheep  shall  at  any  time  within 
one  year  after  such  sale,  come  forward  and  prove  his  property  in 
any  such  swine,  goats,  or  sheep  to  the  satisfaction  of  any  of  the 
magistrates  of  the  city,  such  magistrates  shall  certify  the  same  to 
the  city  clerk,  who  shall  draw  an  order  for  the  balance  of  the  sales 
of  the  swine,  goats,  or  sheep  so  by  them  proved  to  be  their  property, 
after  the  legal  deductions  aforesaid  are  made,  on  the  treasurer  of 
the  city,  which  order,  being  countersigned  by  the  said  magistrate 
and  piesident  of  the  council,  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  out  of 
any  moneys  in  his  hands  belonging  to  the  city. 

Sec.  V.  If  the  said  pound  keeper  shall  neglect  or  refuse,  after  Penalty  cm 
being  notified  or  informed  that  any  swine,  goats,  or  sheep  are  run-LT^S 
ning  at  large  or  trespassing  within  the  said  city,  to  seize  and  secure 
the  same  in  public  pound,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay,  for  each  and  every 
such  offence,  upon  complaint  of  any  person  who  will  make  the  same, 
and  conviction  before  any  of  the  magistrates  of  the  said  city,  the 
sum  of  ten  dollars,  to  be  levied  and  applied  according  to  law. 

Sec.  VI.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  molest,  obstruct,  or  him  Pound  keep- 
der  the  said  pound  keeper  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  under  this  Stol 66 
ordinance,  or  shall  break  the  said  pound,  or  illegally  take  therefrom 
any  of  the  swine,  goats,  or  sheep  impounded  therein,  he,  she,  or 
they  so  offending  shall,  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  upon  com¬ 
plaint  of  the  said  pound  keeper,  and  conviction  before  any  of  the 
magistrates  of  the  said  city,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars, 
to  be  levied  and  applied  according  to  law. 

Sec.  VII.  The  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance  concerning 
swine,  and  goats,”  passed  February  twenty-sixth,  eighteen  hundred 
and  forty-two,  is  hereby  repealed. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance  con¬ 
cerning  swine,  goats,  and  sheep,”  passed  January  fifth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-two. 

Passefi  February  5,  1852. 

Le  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
2  renton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


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LIENS. 


That  the  penalty  of  five  dollars,  mentioned  in  the  first  and  third 
sections  of  the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  a  supplement,  be  and  the 
same  hereby  is  reduced  to  the  sum  of  one  dollar. 


Book  to  be 
kept. 


Liens  to  be 
entered  in 
book. 


Owner  of  lot 
to  be  notifi¬ 
ed. 


Treasurer  to 
be  furnished 
with  state¬ 
ment. 


Clerk  to  en¬ 
ter  satisfac¬ 
tion. 


An  ordinance  concerning  liens  on  real  estate. 

Passed  March  30,  1852. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of' the  City  of 

Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  to  procure,  at 
the  expense  of  the  city,  and  keep  a  well  bound  book,  which  shall 
be  called  “the  Book  of  Liens.” 

Sec.  II.  That  whenever  any  claim  which  the  city  may  have 
against  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  shall  have  become  by  law 
a  lien  upon  said  lot,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  clerk  to  enter  said 
lien  in  said  book,  setting  forth  the  names  of  the  owner  or  reputed 
owneis  and  a  description  of  the  said  lot,  and  leaving  a  margin  of 
two  inches  wide  on  the  left  hand  side  of  the  page  on  which  said 
entry  is  made;  for  this  service  the  said  clerk  shall  be  entitled  to 
six  cents  for  each  hundred  words  of  said  entry. 

Sec.  III.  That  immediately  after  making  said  entry,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  said  clerk  to  notify  said  owner  or  reputed  owner  of  the 
fact,  that  such  entry  has  been  made.  Should  said  owner  or  reputed 
owner  not  reside  in  the  city,  said  notice  shall  be  sent  by  mail,  as 
soon  as  the  said  clerk  may  ascertain  the  residence  of  said  owner  or 
reputed  owner. 

Sec.  IV.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  said  clerk,  immediately 
after  entering  said  lien,  to  furnish  the  city  treasurer  with  a  short 
statement  of  the  amount  of  said  lien  and  the  names  of  the  owners 
or  reputed  owners. 

Sec.  V.  Whenever  any  such  owner,  or  any  person  in  his  behalf, 
shall  produce  to  said  clerk  the  receipt  of  the  city  treasurer  for  the 
amount  of  said  lien,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  clerk  to  enter  on 
the  margin  opposite  to  said  entry  the  fact,  that  said  lien  has  been 
paid  and  satisfied  ;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to  receive 
from  the  said  party  the  sum  of  twelve  cents. 


BURYING  GROUND. 


135 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  “An  ordinance 
concerning  the  licensing  of  taverns.” 

Passed  March  31,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  tlic  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  whenever  a  license  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  License  to  be 
to  keep  an  inn  or  tavern  within  this  city,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Sure?.*0 
clerk  to  make  out  the  license,  and  endorse  thereon,  in  words  at 
length,  the  sum  assessed  by  council  for  such  license ;  and  after  the 
person  to  whom  said  license  is  granted  shall  have  entered  into  re¬ 
cognizance,  as  required  by  law,  then  to  deliver  the  license  to  the 
city  treasurer. 

Sec.  II.  lhat  every  person  to  whom  a  license  shall  be  granted  License  to  be 
to  keep  an  inn  or  tavern  shall,  before  the  delivery  of  the  license  to  whenaLess- 
him  or  her,  pay  to  the  city  treasurer  the  sum  assessed  and  endorsed 10  * pa  d' 
thereon  as  aforesaid  ;  and  no  license  shall  be  delivered  to  any  per¬ 
son  by  the  treasurer  until  the  said  assessment  shall  have  been  paid 
to  him  in  full. 


An  ordinance  to  prevent  further  interments  in  burying 

ground  in  Hanover  street. 

Passed  August  4,  1851. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  it  shall  not 
be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  make,  or  cause  to  be  made, 
any  interment  or  interments  in  the  burying  ground  in  the  rear  of 
the  brick  building  on  the  north  side  of  Hanover  street,  between 
Montgomery  and  Greene  streets,  now  occupied  as  a  school  house 
for  colored  children,  under  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offence, 
which  sum  shall  be  levied  by  warrant,  upon  due  proof  of  such 
offence  before  any  magistrate  of  this  city. 


136 


NUISANCES. 


Owners  to 
secure  banks 


Committee 
to  superin¬ 
tend. 


T)uty  of  com 
mittee. 


Penalty  for 
neglect  or 
refusal. 


An  ordinance  to  open  and  clear  out  Petty  run. 

Passed  December  4,  184$. 

Whereas  it  has  been  made  to  appear  to  the  common  council  of 
the  city  of  Trenton  that  Petty  run,  in  its  present  condition,  is  a 
nuisance  requiring  the  immediate  action  of  the  city  authorities 
therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  each  owner  of  land  over  whose  property  Petty  run 
passes,  from  the  point  where  it  rises  in  the  lot  at  the  junction  of 
the  canal  and  feeder,  in  the  city  of  Trenton,  to  its  terminus  near 
the  old  State  bank,  in  Union  street,  shall,  upon  receiving  the  notice 
herein  after  mentioned,  clear  out  and  free  from  obstructions,  on  his 
own  premises,  the  said  run,  and  cut  the  bed  of  the  same,  not  to  ex¬ 
ceed  six  feet  deep,  and  five  feet  wide,  at  the  discretion  ol  the  com¬ 
mittee  herein  after  named,  and  firmly  construct  the  banks  of  the 
same,  so  as  to  secure  them  from  washing  into  the  said  run. 

Sec.  II.  That  a  committee,  consisting  of  William  C.  Branin, 
William  Boswell,  and  Aaron  H.  Vancleve,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  appointed,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  superintend  the  clear¬ 
ing  out  and  widening,  in  manner  aforesaid,  of  the  said  run  ;  and 
the  said  committee  shall  cause  a  printed  notice  of  the  requirements- 
of  this  ordinance  to  he  served  on  each  of  the  land  owners,  or  their 
tenants,  over  whose  property  the  said  run  passes ;  and  it  shall  be 
likewise  the  duty  of  the  said  committee  to  cause  the  said  run  to 
he  cleared  out,  and  the  bed  of  the  same  excavated  to  the  dimensions 
in  the  first  section  prescribed,  wherever  the  said  run  crosses  any  of 
the  public  streets  of  the  said  city  ;  and  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars 
is  hereby  appropriated  to  the  said  committee  to  meet  the  expenses 
incident  to  this  duty. 

Sec.  III.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  committee,  and 
they  are  hereby  empowered  to  cause,  in  all  cases  where  the  said 
run  has  deviated,  or  been  caused  to  deviate  from  its  original  and 
ancient  channel,  to  he  replaced  therein,  whenever  in  their  opinion 
the  interest  of  the  public  will  be  promoted  thereby. 

Sec.  IV.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  be  notified,  as 
aforesaid,  by  the  said  committee  to  open,  clear  out,  or  widen  the 
bed  of  the  said  run,  in  manner,  aforesaid,  shall  for  the  space  of  ten 
days  neglect  or  refuse  to  perform  any  of  the  duties  above  enjoined* 


NUISANCES. 


137 


or  upon  being  notified  in  writing  by  the  said  committee  that  he,  she, 
or  they  are  required  to  restore  the  said  run  to  its  original  channel, 
shall  refuse  or  neglect  for  the  like  space  of  time  so  to  do,  such  per¬ 
son  or  persons  so  offending,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  the 
mayor,  recorder,  or  either  of  the  aldermen  of  the  said  city,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay,  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  V.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  committee  to  sue  Committee 
for  all  penalties  incurred  for  a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  ofpenaities 
this  ordinance  ;  and  full  power  is  hereby  given  to  the  said  commit¬ 
tee  to  institute  and  carry  on,  in  the  name  of  the  corporation  or 
otherwise,  all  such  legal  suits  or  prosecutions  as  in  their  opinion 
may  be  necessary  fully  to  effectuate  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  to  open  and  clear  out  Petty 

run. 

Passed  December  8,  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  committee  appointed  to  Nuisances  to 

.  i  i  t  •  i  .  i  .  (,  -r,  be  removed, 

superintend  the  clearing  out  and  widening  oi  Jretty  run  to  cause 
all  nuisances,  such  as  privies,  hog  pens,  and  all  other  matters  and 
things  that  shall  be  deemed  requisite  to  put  and  keep  said  run  in  a 
clear,  free,  wholesome,  and  regular  stream,  to  be  immediately  re¬ 
moved. 

Sec.  II.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  refuse  or  neglect,  Perft]ty  for 
after  five  days’  notice  shall  be  given  in  writing  by  said  committee ^.u^al orne“ 
requesting  the  removal  of  any  nuisances  as  aforesaid,  such  person 
or  persons  shall  be  considered  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  before  the  mayor,  recorder,  or  either  of  the 
aldermen  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  shall  forfeit  and  pay,  for  each 
and  every  such  offence,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars. 


138 


NUISANCES. 


An  ordinance  to  abate  a  certain  nuisance  adjoining  the 
raceway  of  the  Trenton  Water  Power  Company. 

Passed  August  2,  1853. 

Preamble.  Whereas  it  has  been  sufficiently  made  to  appear  to  the  common 
council  that  there  is  a  certain  space  of  low  ground,  marsh,  or 
gully,  adjoining  the  raceway  of  the  Trenton  Water  Power  Com¬ 
pany,  extending  from  the  old  tanyard  to  where  it  disappears 
under  the  raceway  embankment  near  Federal  street,  in  this  city, 
and  that  it  is  during  a  great  part  of  the  year  more  or  less  filled 
with  stagnant  water  and  other  offensive  matter,  and  is  a  nuisance 
to  the  people  of  that  neighborhood,  and  greatly  injurious  to 
their  health,  and  that  such  nuisance  cannot  be  abated,  except  by 
filling  up  said  space  of  ground — therefore, 


Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
'Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 


Owners  of 
Jots  to  fill  up. 


Penalty  for 
omission. 


Street  com¬ 
mittee  to  see 
to  execution 
of  ordinance. 


Sec.  I.  That  the  several  owners  of  the  lots  upon  which  said 
space  of  low  ground,  marsh,  or  gully,  or  any  part  thereof,  exists 
are  hereby  directed  and  required  to  fill  up  the  same  with  earth,  so 
that  it  may  be  solid,  and  be  at  least  as  high  as  the  adjoining  high 
ground,  the  owner  and  owners  of  each  lot  being  required  to  fill  up 
so  much  thereof,  in  manner  aforesaid,  as  is  upon  his  or  their  own 
ground. 

Sec.  II.  That  if  any  owner  or  owners  of  the  lots  aforesaid  shall 
omit  to  complete  his  or  their  portion  of  the  aforesaid  work,  or 
shall  in  any  manner  fail  to  perform  the  duty  required  of  him  or 
them  by  this  ordinance  for  the  space  of  fifteen  days  after  notice 
from  the  street  committee,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  such  omission  or  failure,  and 
also  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  each  additional  week’s  delay  to  per¬ 
form  such  work  thereafter,  to  be  sued  for  and  recovered  by  the 
city  treasurer,  in  an  action  of  debt,  to  and  for  the  use  of  the  city; 
and  further,  shall  be  liable  to  pay  all  such  expenses  as  the  city  may 
incur  in  doing  such  part  of  the  aforesaid  work  as  such  owner  or 
owners  should  have  done. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  street  committee  are  hereby  charged  with  the 
duty  of  carrying  this  ordinance  into  effect,  and  causing  said  work 
to  be  done  in  a  proper  manner  by  the  said  property  owners,  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  hereof,  or  the  said  penalties 
to  be  sued  for,  as  counsel  may  direct. 


LAMP  S. 


139 


A  supplement  to  the  ordinance  entitled,  “An  ordinance 
concerning  nuisances,”  passed  the  twenty-first  of  Febru¬ 
ary,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-two. 

Passed  April  23,  1855. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

^ec.  I.  lhat  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  keep  any  seed  horse  or  ass, 
or  use  the  same  for  breeding  purposes,  in  any  part  of  the  city, 
without  a  written  permit  from  the  mayor,  which  permit  shall  spe¬ 
cify  the  premises  whereon  said  seed  horse  or  ass  may  be  kept  and 
used. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  mayor  may  issue  such  permit  only  when  four 
householders,  whose  residences  are  nearest  the  premises  where 
such  seed  horse  or  ass  is  desired  to  be  kept  for  use,  shall  certify  in 
wiiting  their  belief  that  the  keeping  and  using  of  such  horse  or  ass 
at  the  place  indicated  will  be  no  inconvenience  or  annoyance  to 
any  one,  and  their  willingness  to  have  said  permit  issued. 

Sec.  III.  That  said  permit  shall  be  revocable  at  the  discretion  of 
the  mayor,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  revoke  it,  whenever  requested 
by  any  householder  whose  residence  is  within  one  hundred  yards 
ot  the  place  where  said  horse  or  ass  is  kept,  or  whose  windows 
open  upon  said  place. 

Sec.  IV.  That  any  person  who  shall  violate  this  ordinance  shall 
be  liable  to  pay  a  penalty  not  excee*ding  twenty  dollars  for  every 
day  such  violation  is  continued  or  repeated,  to  be  imposed  by  the 

mayor  on  complaint  and  satisfactory  proof,  and  collected  according 
to  law. 


An  ordinance  concerning  the  city  lamps. 

Passed  January  31,  1849, 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

lhat  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  if  any  person 
or  persons,  without  being  authorized  by  the  common  council  so  to 


140 


TREASURER. 


do,  shall  light,  or  cause  or  procure  to  be  lighted,  any  one  or  more 
of  the  public  lamps  of  the  said  city,  he,  she,  or  they  so  offending, 
upon  conviction  thereof  before  the  mayor,  recorder,  or  either  of 
the  aldermen  of  the  city,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum,  at  the  discre¬ 
tion  of  the  magistrate  before  whom  the  complaint  is  tried,  not  ex¬ 
ceeding  fifty  dollars,  with  the  costs  of  the  said  prosecution. 


Salary  of 
treasurer. 


A  further  supplement  to  “  An  ordinance  concerning  the 
treasurer,”  passed  February  fourteenth,  eighteen  hundred 
and  forty-two. 

Passed  June  12,  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  supplement,  the  trea¬ 
surer  of  the  city  shall  receive  at  the  rate  of  one  hundred  dollars  an¬ 
nually,  as  a  compensation  for  his  services,  together  with  a  reasonable 
allowance  for  books  and  stationery,  instead  of  the  allowance  here¬ 
tofore  made  him  by  the  said  ordinance,  and  the  supplement  thereto, 
passed  March  third,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-five. 

To  give  bond  Sec.  II.  That  hereafter  the  treasurer  shall  give  bond,  in  the  man¬ 
ner  heretofore  prescribed  by  ordinance,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars,  instead  of  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  III.  That  all  the  provisions  of  ordinances  heretofore  passed 
inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 


A  supplement  to  tlie  ordinance  entitled,  “An  ordinance 
concerning  the  treasurer,”  passed  the  fourteenth  day  of 
February,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  eighteen  hundred  and 
forty-two. 

Passed  March  13,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
ike  authority  of  the  same — 


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That  the  bond  which,  by  the  first  section  of  the  ordinance  to 
which  this  is  a  supplement  the  treasurer  is  required  to  enter  into, 
with  sureties,  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  shall  be 
in  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars;  and  that  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  oidinances  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  hereof  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


A  supplement  to  the  ordinance  concerning  the  collection  of 

taxes. 

Passed  March  13,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  supplement,  all 
persons  who  pay  their  taxes  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July, 
of  the  year  when  the  assessment  is  made,  shall  be  allowed  a  de¬ 
duction  of  ten  per  cent.;  but  no  deduction  shall  be  allowed  on 
taxes  paid  after  that  time. 

Sec.  II.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  that  con¬ 
flict  with  this  supplement  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


A  supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled,  66  An  ordinance 
making  provision  for  the  reduction  and  payment  of  the 
debt  of  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  June  fifth,  eighteen 
hundred  and  forty-three. 

Passed  July  9,  1849. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty  dollars,  to  be  Provision  for 
raised  by  tax  yearly  for  five  years  to  pay  the  principal  of  the  loan  KKuT 
created  by  the  ordinance  entitled,  “An  ordinance  concerning  the 
poor  house,”  passed  March  twenty-second,  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred 
and  forty-nine,  shall  be  paid  by  the  city  treasurer,  on  the  first  day 


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STREETS. 


Interest  to 
be  added  to 
fund. 


Accruing 
funds  to  be 
invested.' 


Sidewalks  to 
be  curbed 
and  paved. 


Sidewalks  to 
be  graded. 


of  August,  in  each  year,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of  August 
next,  to  the  commissioner  of  the  sinking  fund,  to  be  by  him  in¬ 
vested  in  the  same  manner  as  other  moneys  belonging  to  the  sink¬ 
ing  fund  are  now  invested. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  moneys  to  be  invested  by  virtue  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  shall  be  a  fund  in  the  hands  of  said  commissioner,  to  be  ap¬ 
plied  to  the  payment  of  the  loan  above  mentioned,  when  the  same 
shall  fall  due,  and  to  no  other  purpose  whatever;  but  that  interest 
arising  from  such  investment  shall  be  added  to  and  made  a  part  of 
the  general  sinking  fund. 

Sec.  III.  That  all  sums  of  money  hereafter  accruing  to  the  sink¬ 
ing  fund  shall  be  invested  in  the  manner  directed  in  and  by  the 
ordinance  to  which  this  is  a  supplement,  or  by  and  with  the  consent 
and  advice  of  the  finance  committee,  in  such  public  stocks  as  shall 
by  the  commissioner  be  deemed  safe  and  most  for  the  advantage  of 
said  fund. 

Sec.  IV.  That  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  A  supplement  to  an  ordi¬ 
nance  entitled,  an  ordinance  making  provision  for  the  reduction 
and  payment  of  the  debt  of  the  city  of  Trenton,”  passed  on  the 
seventeenth  day  of  July,  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-eight, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


An  ordinance  concerning  the  grading,  curbing,  paving, 
flagging,  and  gravelling  of  sidewalks,  and  for  repairing 
the  same  when  necessary. 

Passed  July  22,  1856. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  all  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  any  lot,  alley, 
or  passage  way,  on  any  street  in  the  city  of  Trenton,  which  shall 
be  required,  by  ordinance  to  that  effect,  to  be  graded,  curbed, 
paved,  flagged,  and  gravelled,  shall  be  graded,  curbed,  paved, 
flagged,  and  gravelled  in  the  manner  and  with  the  materials  herein 
after  prescribed. 

Sec.  II.  rI  hat  said  sidewalks  shall  be,  respectively,  raised  or 
lowered,  as  the  case  may  require,  to  the  grades  which  the  present 
city  regulator  and  surveyor  may  have  fixed  under  his  contract  with 


STREETS. 


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the  common  council,  until  grades  shall  have  been  established  by 
ordinance.  After  the  passage  of  such  ordinance,' all  sidewalks  or¬ 
dered  to  be  paved  shall  be  raised  or  lowered  as  aforesaid,  so  as  to 
conform  to  the  grades  thereby  established.  Each  sidewalk,  when 
paved,  shall  have  a  pitch  of  not  more  than  one  inch  nor  less  than 
a  quarter  of  an  inch  to  every  foot  from  the  line  of  the  street  to  the 
curbstones.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  regulator  and  surveyor  to 
set,  in  front  of  each  lot,  all  the  stakes  that  may  be  needed  to  show 
tie  proper  grade  and  pitch  ;  for  this  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to 
demand  and  receive,  for  each  lot,  from  the  owner  or  owners  thereof 
the  sum  of  two  cents  per  foot,  measured  along  the  curbstones. 

,  III.  That  the  curbstones  to  be  used  shall  be  dressed  smooth  Curbstone,, 
and  square  on  the  exposed  surfaces.  They  must  be  set  at  the  dis-SZet^ 
tances  from  the  lines  of  the  street  prescribed  by  existing  ordinances. 

Un  those  streets  where  the  distances  are  not  now  fixed  by  ordi¬ 
nance,  they  must  be  so  set  that  the  distance  from  the  line  of  the 
street  to  the  outside  of  the  curbs  shall  be  one-fifth  part  of  the  whole 
width  of  the  street.  These  distances  may  be  changed,  at  the  re¬ 
quest  of  any  lot  owner,  when  circumstances  may  render  it  advisa¬ 
ble,  by  consent  of  the  street  committee,  if  approved  by  the  regu¬ 
lator  and  surveyor.  The  curbstones  may  be  such  as  are  procured 
either  from  the  quarries  in  the  township  of  Ewing  or  from  those 
on  the  Hudson  river  j  if  the  former,  they  must  be  at  least  five 
inches  thick  on  the  top,  eighteen  inches  deep,  and  two  feet  lono-; 
if  the  latter,  they  must  be  at  least  three  and  a  half  inches  thick  on 
the  top,  sixteen  inches  deep,  and  must  average  at  least  three  and 
a  half  feet  long.  The  street  committee  may  allow  the  omission  of 
curbing  opposite  to  any  cartway,  and  permit  the  owner  or  occu¬ 
pant,  in  beu  of  such  curbing,  to  pave  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks 
placed  edgewise  for  ease  of  access.  Curbstones,  not  of  the  kind 
above  described,  which  now  stand  against  the  pavements  that  do 
not  need  to  be  raised,  lowered,  or  relaid,  may  remain  until  such 
pavements  become  so  worn  as  to  require  relaying,  when  said  curb¬ 
stones  shall  be  removed,  and  replaced  by  such  as  are  herein  before 
prescribed. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  pavements  shall  belaid  with  good  bard  whole  Brick,  or 
bricks  or  with  smooth  flagstones.  Where  there  are  dwelling  houses  RS” 
on  the  line  of  the  street,  the  pavements  must  extend  from  the  curb-paving> 
stones  to  the  houses;  where  there  is  no  dwelling  house,  the  pave¬ 
ment  need  be  only  six  feet  wide  from  the  curbstones;  but  in  that 
case  the  space  between  the  pavement  and  the  line  of  the  street 
must  be  gravelled  to  the  same  grade  with  the  pavement.  Every 


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STREETS. 


Cartways, 
how  paved. 


Repairing  to 
be  done  on 
requisition 
of  street 
committee. 


Penalty  for 
not  repaving. 


Street  com¬ 
mittee  to  re¬ 
port  delin¬ 
quencies  to 
council. 


cartway  crossing  a  pavement  shall  have  two  level  strips  of  smooth 
flagstones  each,  at  least  one  foot  wide,  separated  by  a  space  one 
foot  wide  paved  with  boulders ;  the  residue  of  such  cartway  may 
be  paved  with  boulders  or  hard  bricks  placed  edgewise. 

Sec.  V.  That  in  case  any  pavement  heretofore  laid  on  any  side¬ 
walk,  or  any  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  in  conformity  with  this 
ordinance,  shall  become  worn  out  or  broken  up,  so  as  to  render  it 
necessary  that  said  sidewalks  be  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  lot,  alley,  or  pas¬ 
sage  way  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  on  being  notified 
so  to  do  in  writing  by  the  street  committee  of  the  common  council, 
to  have  said  sidewalk  repaved  forthwith,  in  whole  or  in  part,  as 
said  notice  may  require.  Said  notice  shall  be  sufficient  if  delivered 
to  or  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner  or  any  one  of  the  owners 
(if  more  than  one)  residing  in  this  city;  but  if  none  of  the  owners 
reside  in  this  city,  then  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  said  notice  be  set  up 
at  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  fronting  on  or  adjoining 
said  sidewalk. 

Sec.  VI.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas¬ 
sageway,  who  shall  be  notified  by  the  street  committee  to  have  his, 
her,  or  their  sidewalk  repaved,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the  au¬ 
thority  of  the  fifth  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  not  comply  with 
such  notice  for  the  space  of  ten  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
delivered,  left,  or  set  up,  as  herein  before  provided,  he,  she,  or 
they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty,  and  the 
further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  additional  week’s  delay 
thereafter. 

* 

Sec.  VII.  Whenever  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or 
passageway  shall  have  failed  to  comply  with  the  requisitions  of  any 
ordinance  requiring  such  owner  or  owners  to  grade,  curb,  pave, 
flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  such  lot,  alley, 
or  passageway,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  committee  to  re¬ 
port  such  delinquency  forthwith  to  the  common  council. 


STREETS. 


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[The  ordinances  beginning  on  pages  142,  145,  148,  and  149,  passed  since  the 
printing  hereof  was  begun.] 


An  ordinance  for  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and 

gravelling  certain  sidewalks. 

Passed  July  22,  1856. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  fronting  Sidewalks, 
on  or  adjoining  either  side  of  Lamberton  street,  from  the  Philadel- to  behaved*, 
phia  and  Trenton  railway  to  Federal  street;  either  side  of  Centre 
street,  from  Federal  street  to  the  southerly  end  of  said  Centre 
street;  either  side  of  Ferry  street,  from  Broad  street  to  the  race¬ 
way  of  the  Trenton  Water  Power  Company;  either  side  of  Bridge 
street,  from  Centre  street  to  Broad  street;  either  side  of  Tucker 
street,  from  Willow  street  to  Warren  street;  either  side  of  Rose 
street,  from  the  Trenton  and  New  Brunswick  turnpike  to  the  feeder 
of  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  canal ;  the  south  side  of  Factory 
street,  from  Broad  street  to  Lamberton  street,  and  on  the  south¬ 
westerly  side  of  Broad  street,  from  Ferry  street  to  the  Delaware 
and  Raritan  canal,  be  and  they  are  hereby  required  to  grade,  curb, 
pave,  flag,  and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining  their 
respective  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with  the 
materials  prescribed  by  an  ordinance  entitled,  “An  ordinance  con¬ 
cerning  the  grading,  curbing,  paving,  flagging,  and  gravelling  of 
sidewalks,  and  for  repairing  the  same  when  necessary.” 

Sec.  II.  That  the  owners  of  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways  fronting  Part  of  side- 
on  or  adjoining  the  northeasterly  side  of  Broad  street,  from  Ferry  Broadstreet 
street  to  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  canal,  be  and  they  are  hereby  ied.e  graveI‘ 
required  to  curb  and  gravel  the  sidewalks  in  front  of  or  adjoining 
their  respective  lots,  alleys,  or  passageways,  in  the  manner  and  with 
the  materials  prescribed  by  the  ordinance  referred  to  in  the  first 
section  hereof. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  pavement  on  the  east  side  of  Centre  street,  Partofside- 
between  Market  street  and  the  White  horse  road,  may  be  made  tre  atreetto 
fourteen  and  a  half  feet  wide,  any  ordinance  to  the  contrary  not- wide/ fee* 
withstanding. 

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146 


ASSESSORS  AND  COLLECTORS. 


Sec.  IV.  That  the  street  committee  are  hereby  appointed  to  su¬ 
perintend  said  work. 

Penalty  for  Sec.  V.  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lot,  alley,  or  pas- 
avoidance.  6agewayt  wh0  by  this  ordinance  is  or  are  required  to  grade,  curb, 

pave,  flag,  or  gravel  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  or  adjoining  his,  her, 
or  their  premises,  shall  not  comply  in  all  respects  with  such  requi¬ 
sition,  for  the  space  of  thirty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
penalty,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  dollars  penalty  for  each  addi¬ 
tional  week’s  delay  thereafter. 


An  ordinance  regulating  the  fees  of  assessors  and  collectors. 

Passed  May  9,  1850. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  oj 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  Assessors’  fees. — Repealed. 

Sec.  II.  Collectors’  fees. — Repealed. 

Names  Of  Sec.  III.  That  the  names  of  any  body  politic  or  corporate,  ex- 
jointiy  as-  ecutors,  administrators,  trustees,  or  other  persons,  who  shall  be 
reckoned  as  jointly  assessed  for  any  property  or  estate  liable  to  taxation,  shall 
one‘  be  reckoned  only  as  one  name  in  ascertaining  the  fees  of  the  several 

assessors. 

No  fees  ai-  Sec.  IV.  That  no  fees  shall  be  allowed  or  paid  to  any  assessor 
lessor  for*  for  the  name  of  any  person  inserted  or  assessed  upon  any  duplicate, 
son  no'tVub-"  who  shall  not,  at  the  time  of  such  assessment,  reside  in  the  ward 
tioiin'war’d.  where  such  assessment  shall  be  made,  or  be  liable  to  taxation  for 
property  situate  in  said  ward. 

Collectors  to  Sec.  V.  That  the  said  collectors  shall  pay  over  to  the  treasurer 
t(T treasurer,  all  moneys  collected  by  them  for  city  purposes ;  and  that  the  fees 
-“"of  the  several  assessors  and  collectors  shall  be  paid  to  them  by  the 
treasurer,  upon  an  order  drawn  by  the  city  clerk  by  direction  of 
the  common  council,  and  in  no  other  manner  whatever. 

Sections  of  Sec.  VI.  That  the  fourth  and  fifth  sections  of  an  ordinance  en- 
ofmTre-  titled,  “  An  ordinance  concerning  assessors,”  and  the  fourth  section 
pealed.  0f  an  ordinance  entitled,  “  An  ordinance  concerning  collectors,” 
severally  passed  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1842, 
be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


ASSESSORS  AND  COLLECTORS. 


147 


An  ordinance  concerning  assessors  and  collectors. 

Passed  December  4,  1854. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I,  1  hat  the  assesors  of  the  several  wards  of  the  city  ofreea  of  as* 
Trenton  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  as  compensation  for  their  ser-868801"8’ 
vices  as  such  assessors,  the  following  fees,  to  wit :  the  sum  of  five 
cents  for  each  person’s  name  inserted  in  their  respective  duplicates 
whose  assessment  shall  be  sustained  by  the  commissioners  of  ap¬ 
peal  in  cases  of  taxation  ;  and  the  further  fees  following,  to  wit :  the 
assessois  of  the  first  and  second  wards,  each,  the  amount  of  three- 
quaiteis  of  a  dollar  per  centum  upon  the  amount  of  assessments 
entered  in  their  respective  duplicates  which  shall  be  sustained  by 
the  commissioners  of  appeal  aforesaid ;  the  assessor  of  the  third 
ward,  one  and  a  half  dollars  per  centum  upon  the  amount  of  as¬ 
sessments  entered  in  his  duplicate  and  sustained  as  aforesaid;  and 
the  assessors  of  the  fourth  and  fifth  wards,  the  amount  of  one  per 
centum  upon  the  amount  of  assessments  entered  in  their  duplicates 
and  sustained  as  aforesaid ;  and  each  assessor  the  sum  of  six  cents 
for  each  dog  tax  entered  in  his" duplicate  and  sustained  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  II.  That  the  collectors  of  the  several  wards  of  the  city  of  Fees  of  col- 
Trenton  shall  be  entitled  to  receive,  as  compensation  for  their  ser-lectors’ 
\ices  as  such  collectors,  the  following  fees,  to  wit:  the  sum  of  six 
cents  for  each  person’s  name  on  the  respective  duplicates  in  the 
hands  of  such  collectors  whose  tax  shall  be  collected  by  such  col¬ 
lectors ;  and  the  further  fees  following,  to  wit:  the  collectors  of  the 
first  and  second  wards,  each,  one  dollar  per  centum  upon  the  amount 
collected  by  each  upon  his  duplicate ;  the  collector  of  the  third 
ward,  the  amount  of  two  dollars  per  centum  upon  the  amount  col¬ 
lected  by  him  upon  his  duplicate;  and  the  collectors  of  the  fourth 
and  fifth  wards,  the  sum  of  one  and  a  half  dollars  per  centum  upon 
the  amount  collected  by  each  upon  his  duplicate  ;  and  each  collector 

the  sum  of  eight  cents  for  each  dog  tax  by  him  collected  upon  his 
duplicate. 

Sec.  III.  That  the  time  for  the  collectors  to  make  a  return  ofDeHnquentg 
their  duplicates  to  the  magistrate  shall  be  on  the  first  Monday  ofed 

August,  in  each  year,  instead  of  the  fourth  Monday  of  August,  as  gust!'1  Au" 
heretofore. 


148 


RAILROADS; 


Sec.  IV.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
and  conflicting  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed. 


Aii  ordinance  to  authorize  Ogden  D.  Wilkinson  and  Ogden 
W.  Blackfan  to  construct  a  railroad,  crossing  over  Willow 
x  street,  at  its  intersection  with  the  Delaware  and  Raritan 
Canal  feeder. 

Passed  October  17,1856. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled ,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

That  Ogden  D.  Wilkinson  and  Ogden  W.  Blackfan,  and  their 
assigns,  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  construct  and 
operate  a  railroad  across  Willow  street,  at  or  near  the  southerly 
end  of  the  bridge  over  the  feeder  of  the  Delaware  and  Raritan 
canal,  where  the  same  intersects  said  street,  to  connect  the  Belvi- 
dere  Delaware  railroad,  or  a  spur  therefrom,  with  the  present  coal 
yard  of  said  Wilkinson  and  Blackfan;  provided ,  that  said  road  shall 
be  constructed  upon  the  present  grade  of  Willow  street,  as  nearly 
as  may  be,  under  the  supervision  of  the  city  surveyor;  that  said 
railroad  shall  be  so  maintained  and  operated  as  not  to  interfere 
with  the  travel  on  said  street ;  that  whenever  the  city  may  alter  the 
grade  of  Willow  street  the  owners  of  said  railroad  shall  alter  the 
grade  thereof  to  conform  to  the  altered  grade  of  said  street,  and 
that  whenever  the  common  council  may  consider  said  railroad  in¬ 
compatible  with  the  public  interest  they  may  order  the  same  to  be 
removed. 


RAILROADS. 


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An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  Belvidere  Delaware  Railroad 

Company  to  lower  the  grade  of  their  railroad  where  it 
where  it  crosses  Calhoun’s  lane. 

Passed  November  10,  1856. 

Be  IT  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Trenton ,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same — 

Sec.  I.  That  the  Belvidere  Delaware  Railroad  Company  be  and  Company 
they  are  hereby  authorized  to  lower  the  grade  of  their  railroad,  Jadiof fail 
where  it  crosses  Calhoun’s  lane,  to  the  depth  of  three  feet  belowroad“ 
the  present  grade,  upon  the  following  conditions,  to  wit:  First ,  that 
the  said  company  shall  erect,  with  good  and  suitable  materials,  and 
for  ever  keep  up  and  maintain  in  good  order  and  safe  condition,  a 
bridge,  at  least  twenty  feet  wide,  over  said  railroad,  at  its  inter¬ 
section  with  said  Calhoun’s  lane;  provided,  that  whenever  said  Cal¬ 
houn’s  lane  shall  be  graded  to  the  city  grade,  the  said  Belvidere 
Delaware  Railroad  Company  shall  cause  said  bridge  to  be  widened 
to  the  full  width  of  said  Calhoun’s  lane.  Second,  that  said  company 
shall  fill  up  a  good  and  sufficient  roadway,  on  said  Calhoun’s  lane, 
each  way,  from  the  floor  of  said  bridge,  with  a  fall  to  the  present 
grade,  which  the  city  surveyor  shall  approve,  not  greater  than  nine 
feet  to  one  hundred  and  sixty  feet.  Third,  that  the  said  company 
shall  fill  up  or  excavate,  as  the  case  may  require,  the  said  Calhoun’s 
lane,  and  all  othei  stieets  connecting  therewith,  to  the  new  grades 
which  may  be  rendered  necessary  in  the  opinion  of  the  city  sur¬ 
veyor  by  the  change  of  the  grade  of  said  Calhoun’s  lane.  Fourth , 
that  if  the  common  council  shall  hereafter  cause  said  Calhoun’s 
lane  to  be  widened,  then  said  bridge  and  filling  on  said  Calhoun’s 
lane  shall  be  extended  by  the  com'pany  to  the  full  width  of  the 
street,  as  so  widened.  Fifth ,  that  said  company  shall  cause  the  sur¬ 
face  coveting  of  said  filling  on  Calhoun’s  lane,  as  the  same  may 
be  at  first  made  or  afterwards  widened,  to  be  of  good  hard  gravel 
to  the  depth  of  at  least  one  foot;  and  should  it  at  any  time  be  found 
necessary,  in  the  opinion  of  the  common  council,  for  the  proper 
preservation  of  said  altered  grade  of  Calhoun’s  lane,  to  pave  the 
roadway  or  gutters  thereof,  said  paving  shall  be  done  by  said  com¬ 
pany,  on  demand  of  the  council. 

Sec.  If.  That  the  city  surveyor,  with  the  engineer  of  said  rail- city  survey- 
road  company,  shall  make  a  report  in  writing,  under  their  hands, 


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to  the  common  council,  as  soon  as  practicable,  of  the  grade  of  said 
railroad,  as  hereby  authorized  to  be  altered,  showing  its  deviation 
from  the  original  grade,  to  the  end  that  a  perpetual  record  of  the 
same  may  be  preserved. 


ERRATA. 

Page  121,  in  the  1st  line,  the  word  “  the”  should  be  “  ten.” 

Page  44,  the  ordinance  to  vacate  “  road  leading  to  Beatty's  ferry”  was  passed 
February  17,  1849. 

Page  47,  in  section  2,  6th  line,  the  word  “  pivot”  should  be  inserted  before 
“  bridge.” 

Page  117,  section  8,  9th  line  from  top  of  page,  the  words  “fifty-four”  should 
be  “  forty-four.” 

Page  60,  6th  line  of  section  1,  should  be  “first”  day,  &c.,  instead  of  “  fifth.” 

Page  112,  2d  line,  section  1,  read  “hosemen”  for  “hose.” 

Page  67,  the  ordinance  for  grading,  &c.,  Union  and  other  streets  was  passed 
May  8,  1854. 


INDEX. 


ASSESSORS,  COLLECTORS,  COLLECTION  OF  TAXES.— Names  of  persons 
jointly  assessed  to  be  reckoned  as  one,  p.  146,  $  3;  no  fees  allowed  assessor 
for  name  of  persons  not  subject  to  taxation  in  ward,  4;  collectors  to  pay 
moneys  to  treasurer,  and  fees  how  paid,  5  ;  4th  and  5th  sections  of  or¬ 
dinance  concerning  assessors,  and  4th  section  of  ordinance  concerning  collect¬ 
ors,  passed  14th  February,  1842,  repealed. 

Fees  of,  p.  147,  $  1  and  2 ;  delinquents  to  be  returned  first  Monday  in  August 
3  ,  collectors  to  deduct  ten  per  cent,  on  taxes  paid  on  or  before  the  tenth  of 
July,  p.  141. 

BURYING  GROUND.— No  interments  to  be  made  in  school  house  lot  in  Hano¬ 
ver  street,  near  Montgomery,  after  August  4, 1851 ;  penalty  for  violation,  p.  135. 

CITY  DEBT,  SINKING  FUND.— Provision  for  paying  poor  house  loan;  com¬ 
missioner  of  sinking  fund  to  invest  certain  moneys,  p.  141,  $  1 ;  interest  to  be 
added  to  general  fund,  2 ;  how  sums  hereafter  accruing  to  sinking  fund  to  be 

invested,  3.  [The  poor  house  loan  has  been  paid  off,  and  first  section  is  obso¬ 
lete.] 

See  Loans. 

CIT\  HALL.  City  hall  committee  to  have  care  and  renting  thereof,  p.  115,  $ 

1 ,  keeper  when  elected,  2 ;  his  duties,  powers,  compensation  for  attention  at 
saloon;  not  to  act  as  doorkeeper,  3;  to  ring  fire  bell,  keep  hail  clean,  furnish 
meals  to  prisoners,  4 ;  allowance  and  privileges  of  keeper,  5 ;  duties  of  commit¬ 
tee,  6;  repealer,  7. 

CITY  SOLICITOR.— Annually  appointed,  and  duties,  p.  118,  $  1;  to  advise 
with  council,  &c.,  2;  to  draft  ordinances,  3 ;  to  prosecute  and  defend  actions, 

4 ;  assistant  counsel  not  to  be  employed  without  consent  of  council,  5 ;  his 
salary  and  fees,  p.  119,  6;  to  deliver  all  papers  to  successor,  7 ;  not  to  bring  ap¬ 
peal,  or  institute  suit,  without  direction  of  council,  8,  9. 

I- IRE  DEPARTMENT.— How  constituted;  to  be  under  control  of  engineers; 
when  they  are  to  be  elected,  p.  112,  $  1 ;  names  of  chief  engineer,  &c.,  to  be 
reported  to  council,  p.  113,  2;  fire  apparatus  not  to  be  removed  from  house, 
unless  member  of  company  present,  3;  chief  engineer  to  have  sole  control  of 
engines,  &c.,  4;  provision  for  his  absence,  p.  114,  5;  firemen  to  bo  divided 
into  companies,  and  number,  6  ;  exempt  from  city  poll  tax,  7  ;  names  of  en¬ 
gineers  and  firemen  to  be  registered,  8  ;  certificates  of  membership  to  be  is¬ 
sued,  &c.,  9;  engineers  to  be  distinguished  by  equipments,  10;  assessors  to 
procure  lists  of  exempts,  11 ;  repealer. 


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INDEX. 


HAY  SCALES. — L.  Stradling  to  have  exclusive  right  of  hay  scales  for  five  years,, 
p.  102,  $  1;  no  others  to  be  erected,  2  ;  rate  for  weighing,  3;  weight  to  be 
certified,  p.  103,  4 ;  penalty  for  neglect,  5;  scales  not  to  be  suffered  to  get  out 
of  order,  6 ;  $50  per  annum  to  be  paid  for  privilege,  7 ;  all  hay  brought  to 
market  to  be  weighed,  8;  penalty  for  refusing  to  have  hay  weighed,  p.  104,  9;. 
penalty  for  purchasing  un weighed  hay,  10  ;  weigher  to  report  to  council,  11; 
weigher  may  be  removed,  12. 

HEALTH,  BOARD  OF. — Constituted,  and  continuance,  p.  109,  $  1;  to  keep 
minutes,  where  to  be  deposited,  2;  appropriations  by  council  to  be  paid  to 
president,  and  for  what  purpose;  to  keep  accounts,  and  report  to  council,  3; 
householders,  &c.,  to  remove  filth  from  their  premises,  4;  drains,  &c.,  to  be 
purified,  p.  110,  5;  gutters  to  be  kept  clean,  6;  paved  parts  of  city  to  be  di¬ 
vided  into  districts,  and  notice  thereof  to  be  given ;  marshal  to  warn  persons 
to  cleanse  premises,  and  to  dispose  of  the  matter  heaped  in  streets,  7  ;  streets 
and  premises  may  be  examined  by  board  of  health,  8 ;  offensive  matter  in 
streets  or  along  river  or  creek,  to  be  removed  by  marshal,  p.  Ill,  9;  penalty 
for  depositing  offensive  matter  on  vacant  lot,  or  shore  of  river  or  creek,  19; 
penalty  for  further  violations  of  ordinance,  11  ;  penalty  for  neglect  to  cleanse 
gutters,  &c.,  12  ;  marshal  to  aid  board*  13  ;  when  operations  of  board  to  cease, 
13;  and  how  revived,  14. 

LAMPS. — Not  to  be  lighted  without  authority  of  council,  and  penalty  for  viola¬ 
tion  of  ordinance,  p.  139. 

LIENS.— Book  of,  to  be  kept,  p.  134,  §  1 ;  to  be  entered  by  clerk,  2;  owner  of 
lot  to  be  notified,  3 ;  treasurer  to  be  furnished  with  statement,  4  ;  satisfaction, 
how  entered,  5. 

LOANS. — Gas  Company. — Mayor  authorized  to  contract  with  company  for  sub¬ 
scription  of  $10,000  to  stock  by  city,  and  terms  of  contract,  p.  119,  §  1 ;  certifi¬ 
cates  of  loan  for  $10,000  to  be  issued  by  mayor,  at  6  per  cent.,  redeemable  in 
twenty  years,  when  to  be  paid  to  company,  2.  (This  ordinance  approved  June 
7,  1848.) 

New  agreement  with  Gas  Company,  September  11,  1854,  p.  123. 

Public  school  house  loan — passed  May  9,  1850;  treasurer  to  issue  certificates 
of  loan  for  $6000,  pledging  faith  of  city  for  payment;  interest  payable  annu¬ 
ally,  on  August  first,  p.  125,  §  1  ;  $600  payable  annually,  same  date  ;  first  pay¬ 
ment  in  1851,  p.  126,  2;  certificates  not  less  than  $100,  3;  and  not  to  be  sold 
for  less  than  par,  4  ;  mayor  to  sign  and  affix  seal  thereto,  5  ;  loan  to  be  adver¬ 
tised  ;  proceeds  to  be  paid  to  superintendent,  6.  (See  page  124.) 

To  pay  debts — approved  December  18,  184&;  proposals  for  loan  of  $5000  to 
be  issued,  and  faith  of  city  pledged  for  repayment,  p.  121,  $  1  ;  certificates  to  be 
issued  with  G  per  cent,  interest,  payable  semi-annually ;  no  bid  for  less  than 
par  to  be  accepted,  2,  (see  p.  122);  certificates  transferable  at  treasurer’s 
office,  3;  said  loan  reimbursable  January  1,  1860,  p.  123. 

To  pay  debt  due  January  1,  1850 — approved  June  7,  1850;  treasurer  to 
borrow  $13,500  for  twenty  years  from  July  1,  1850,  p.  126,  §  1;  certificates 
of  loan  for  the  same  to  be  issued,  2 ;  holders  in  loans  now  due  to  have  privi¬ 
lege  to  July  1  to  take  same  amount  in  new  loan,  3 ;  proceeds,  how  applied,  4; 
certificates  of  old  loan  to  be  cancelled,  5. 


INDEX. 


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To  pay  debt  due  July  1,  1855 — passed  February  10,  1855  ;  commissioner  of 
sinking  fuud  authorized  to  sell  or  exchange  sufficient  scrip  to  pay  said  debt,  at 
not  less  than  par,  except  at  auction,  p.  127,  $  1 ;  annual  appropriation  to  fund 
for  1855  to  be  paid  July  1st,  2;  balanced  revenue  of  markets,  after  paying  in¬ 
terest  on  debt,  to  be  paid  to  fund,  3. 

To  purchase  Water  Works — passed  April  3,  1855 ;  treasurer  to  purchase 
shares  of  capital  stock  of  company  at  par,  within  what  time,  p.  128,  $  1 ;  bonds 
for  $100,000  to  be  issued  to  pay  therefor;  when  payable,  interest  payable  semi¬ 
annually,  p.  129,  2;  to  be  called  “  Water  loan”;  faith  of  city  pledged  for  pay¬ 
ment;  to  be  a  lien  on  revenue  of  company,  3;  not  subject  to  city  taxes,  4;  to 
be  sealed  with  city  seal,  and  registered,  5 ;  not  to  be  for  less  denomination 
than  $100,  with  coupons  attached,  6;  not  to  be  disposed  of  for  less  than  par, 
7 ;  treasurer  to  receive  dividends  from  stock,  pay  interest,  and  set  apart  ba¬ 
lance  to  pay  principal,  p.  130,  8. 

See  Markets,  p.  87  ;  see  Poor  House,  p.  130. 

MAI  OR’ S  AND  RECORDS  OfFICE. — Southeast  room  on  State  street  to  be 
furnished  for  mayor’s  office;  fire  proof  to  be  erected  therein,  and  size  of,  p. 
104,  J  1 ;  clerk  and  treasurer  to  collect  and  arrange  books,  papers,  &c.,  in 
fire  proof,  2;  all  papers  belonging  to  city  to  be  deposited  with  clerk,  3. 

MARKET  HOUSES. — Addition  to  north  end  of  Greene  street  to  be  made,  and 
size  of,  p.  87,  §  1 ;  treasurer  to  issue  proposals  for  loan  of  $2000;  faith  of  city 
pledged  for  payment;  interest  six  per  cent.,  2  ;  certificates  of  stock  to  be  is¬ 
sued  for  not  less  than  $100;  interest  payable  first  of  September  and  March- 
principal  reimbursable  September  1,  1863,  3;  money  thus  borrowed  to  be 
lien  on  rents,  in  addition  of  ordinance  of  June  12,  1845,  4 ;  not  to  vitiate  pro¬ 
visions  of  said  ordinance,  5.  (See  page  128,  §  3.) 

MARKETS. — Butcher’s  meats  only  to  be  sold  in  public  market  houses;  penalty 
for  violation;  butcher  renting  stall  in  market  not  prevented  from  selling  meat 
at  dwelling,  &c.,  p.  88. 

Above  ordinance  not  to  operate  in  Third  and  Fourth  wards  till  market  house 
erected  therein,  p.  88.  See  page  98,  §  7. 

Market  days  and  hours,  p.  89,  §  1;  market  limits,  2;  vehicles  not  to  stand 
therein  before  nine  o’clock  A.  M.,  3;  animals  not  to  stand  therein,  4;  filth,  &c., 
not  to  be  thrown  therein,  p.  90,  5;  market  hours  for  vegetables  and  fruits,  6; 
penalty  for  selling  butter  deficient  in  weight,  7 ;  penalty  for  buying  to  sell 
again  for  higher  price,  8 ;  penalty  for  buying  before  nine  o’clock  to  sell  again 
in  city,  or  other  place,  9  ;  no  person  to  buy  more  than  twenty  pounds  of  but¬ 
ter,  10;  stalls  not  rented  to  be  under  direction  of  committee,  11;  steel¬ 
yards  not  to  be  used,  p.  91,  12;  renting  of  stalls,  13;  stalls  for  sale  of  shad  not 
to  be  occupied  for  such  sale  after  June  tenth ;  no  person  to  sell  shad  in  any 
other  place  in  city,  or  out  of  wagon  in  market  limits,  14  ;  penalty  for  selling 
tainted  fish,  meat,  &c.,  p.  92,  15  ;  clerk  to  give  bond,  16;  regulations  of  stalls, 

17 ;  hucksters  not  to  sell  in  market  except  at  their  rented  stall,  18 ;  blocks, 
&c.,  to  be  placed  under  planks  of  stalls,  19;  sales  not  to  be  made  from  wagons, 
20;  sea  fish  market,  21;  duties  of  clerk,  22;  penalty  for  interfering  with 
clerk,  p.  94,  23;  clerk  to  remove  filth,  24;  penalty  for  selling  butcher’s  meat 
out  of  market,  25 ;  suspended  in  Third  and  Fourth  wards,  26;  smoking  in 
markets  forbidden,  27;  penalty  for  defacing  markets,  28;  clerk  to  collect  fines, 


154 


INDEX. 


p.  95f  29;  eTerk  not  to  purchase  marketing  for  others,  30;  clerk  and  commit¬ 
tee  to  rent  stands,  &c.,  31;  when  ordinance  to  take  effect  and  repealer,  33. 

Clerk  to  wash  out  market  houses,  and  how  often,  p.  05,  2  (see  page  Off); 
stalls  rented  for  less  than  a  year,  whole  rent  paid  in  advance  ;  for  one  year,  paid 
half  yearly  in  advance  ;  clerk  to  collect  rents;  failure  to  pay  rent  when  due  for¬ 
feits  right  to  stall;  clerk  to  take  possession,  and,  with  committee,  to  rent  said 
stall,  p.  Off,  3;  that  part  of  section  13  of  ordinance  concerning  markets,  pro¬ 
hibiting  renting  of  more  than  two  stalls  to  same  person,  repealed,  4. 

Clerlds  salary,  p.  06,  $  1;  committee  to  have  market  limits  cleaned,  2*.  • 

Third  Ward  Market. — John  Whittaker  and  others  authorized  to  erect  the 
same,  p.  07,  $  1 ;  city  to  have  right  of  redemption,  2';  statement  of  cost,  &c.r 
to  be  laid  before  council;  acceptance  of' this  ordinance  to  be  sent  to  council;, 
shares  transferred  to  be  noted  on  minutes  of  council,  3 ;  statement  of  cost  not 
to  be  binding  on  city,  if  above  actual  cost,  4;  associates  may  rent  stalls,  &c.r 
5;  market  days  and  hours,  6;  market  limits,  7  *  vehicles  or  animals  not  to 
stand  therein,  8  ;  filth  not  to  be  thrown  therein,  9 ;  market  hours  for  vegeta¬ 
bles  and  fruits,  10;  penalty  &r  short  weight  in  butter,  11 ;  penalty  for  buying 
to  sell  again  for  higher  price,  12  ;  penalty  for  buying  to  sell  in  city  or  market 
limits,  13;  no  person  to  buy  more  than  twenty  pounds. of  butter,  14;  associ¬ 
ates  may  prescribe  regulations  for  stalls,  15;  steelyards  not  to  be  used,  16; 
gale  of  shad  regulated,.  17;  hucksters  not  to  sell  in  market,  p.  100,  18;  sales, 
not  to  be  made  from  vehicles,  19  ;  sea  fish  market,  20  ;  powers  and  duties  of 
agent,  council  may  remove  him,  21;  penalty  for  interfering  with  agent,  p. 
101,  22;  twenty-fifth  section  of  ordinance  concerning  the  markets,  passed 
March  7*  1853,  to  go  into  operation  in  Third  ward  north  of  Bridge  street,  23  ; 
smoking  in  market  forbidden,  24;  penalty  for  defacing  markets,  25  ;  agent  to 
complain  to  mayor  of  violations  of  ordinance,  26  ;  associates  to  notify  council 
of  name  of  agent,  27 ;  city  may  take  market  house  when  city  pays  original 
cost,  28  ;  associates  to  signify  acceptance  of  this  ordinance  ;  house  to  be  fin¬ 
ished  July  4,  1855  (extended  to  October  4,  see  p.  102);  associates  not  to  rent 
stalls  till  terms  of  ordinance  complied  with,  29. 

NUISANCES. — Petty  run,  owners  of  property  thereon  to  clear  out  same,  and 
secure  banks,  p.  136,  §  1;  committee  to  superintend-  said  work;  power  of 
committee  to  replace  run  in  original  channel,  2 ;  penalty  for  neglect  to  clear- 
out  run,  3  ;  committee  to  sue  for  penalties,  4. 

Committee  authorized  to  remove  nuisances  on  run,  p.  137,  §  1  ;  penalty  for 
owners  neglecting  such  removal  after  notice,  4. 

Owners  of  low  ground  along  water  power,  from  lanyard  to  Federal  street, 
to  fill  up  the  same,  p.  138,  §  1 ;  penalty  for  omission,  2;  street  committee  to 
see  to  execution  of  ordinance,  3. 

Seed  horses,  &c.,  not  to  be  used  in  city  without  permit  from  mayor;  pre¬ 
mises  to  be  specified,  p.  139,  §  1  ;  when  such  permit  may  be  issued,  2;  per¬ 
mit  revocable,  and  when,  3;  penalty  for  violation,  4. 

PHYSICIANS  AND  OVERSEER  OF  POOR. — Two  physicians  to  be  appointed, 
p.  131,  §  1 ;  to  visit  poor  house,  2  ;  salary,  3 ;  salary  of  overseer  of  poor,  4; 
repealer. 

POLICE. — Duties  of  the  marshal,  p.  105,  §  1,  (see  page  86,  §  3,5,  and  ordinance- 
concerning  health,  $  7,  9,  13,);  watchmen,  when  to  be  elected,  p.  106,2  ; 
powers  and  duty  of  watchmen,  3;  to  light  and  extinguish  lamps,  p.  107-,  4;, 


INDEX. 


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police  subject  to  order  of  mayor ;  officers  how  suspended  and  tried,  and  sub¬ 
stitutes  appointed ;  mayor  to  make  monthly  report  to  council,  what  to  con¬ 
tain,  5;  special  police,  how  appointed  and  paid,  6;  mayor  to  keep  record, 
and  what  of,  7;  salary  of  mayor,  marshal,  and  watchmen,  8;  repealer. 

POOR  HOUSE.— Treasurer  to  borrow  $1200  to  repair  building,  p.  130,  $  1; 
payment  provided  for,  2',  liquidation  of  look,  3;  when  to  take  effect,  4. 

RAILROADS.— Belvidere  Delaware,  may  construct  road  through  city  on  present 
route;  grade,  how  to  be  fixed;  not  alterable  by  company  without  consent - 
alterations  of  grades  and  sidewalks,  how  to  be  made ;  to  be  paid  for  by  com- 
pany;  cais  to  be  prevented  running  by  their  own  gravity,  p.  82,  §  1;  city 
surveyor  and  engineer  to  report  grade  to  council,  2. 

Same  company  may  lower  grade  of  road  at  Calhoun’s  lane ;  they  must  erect 
abridge  over  road  twenty  feet  wide;  when  said  lane  graded  to.  city  grade 
bridge  to  be  widened;  roadway  each  way  from  said  bridge  to  be  filled  up, 
with  what  fall;  company  to  fill  up,  &c.,  other  streets  necessary  by  said  change 
of  grade;  if  lane  widened,  bridge  to  be  widened;  surface  of  filling  up  on 
Calhoun’s  lane  to  be  one  foot  deep  of  gravel;  company  to  pave  roadway  or 
gutters  when  ordered  by  council,  p.  149;  city  surveyor  and  engineer  to  report 
altered  grade  to  council,  2. 

Trenton  Iron  Company  authorized  to  cross  streets  on  the  route  of  their 
railroad;  to  arrange  crossings  for  vehicles  under  direction  of  city  surveyor; 
may  extend  road  in  front  of  prison  to  basin  on  Washington  street,  p.  83. 

Wilkinson  &  Blackfan  authorized  to  construct  branch  from  Belvidere  Dela¬ 
ware  railroad  across  Willow  street  to  their  coal  yard ;  to  be  upon  present 
grade  of  said  street;  not  to  interfere  with  travel;  grade  to  be  altered  if  street 
grade  altered  ;  council  may  order  road  to  be  removed,  p.  148. 

SINKING  FUND. — See  Loans,  p.  127;  City  Debt,  p.  141. 


SALARIES. — See  pages  105,  131. 

STREETS.— Name  of  Second  street  changed  to  State  street,  p.  37,  $  1;  names 
of  streets  to  be  placed  on  corners,  2;  houses  to  be  numbered;  tenant  may  do 
it  when  owner  nonresident;  penalty  for  noncompliance,  3. 

Locomotives  or  cars  not  to  be  stopped  on  any  street,  and  penalty,  p.  38,  $ 
1;  boxes,  &c.,  not  to  be  put  or  kept  on  sidewalks  more  than  four  hours  with¬ 
out  permission  of  street  committee,  under  penalty  of  eight  dollars ;  not  to  ap¬ 
ply  to  porches,  &c.,  heretofore  built,  2;  streets  not  to  be  encumbered  with 
building  materials  without  permission  from  the  mayor,  and  penalty,  p.  41  $ 
merchandise,  &c.,  not  to  be  placed  upon  or  suspended  over  pavements-  not 
to  apply  to  four  feet  from  front  line  of  house,  &c.,  p.  42,  2 ;  coal,  ashes  ’&c. 
not  to  be  put  or  kept  on  streets  or  sidewalks,  gutters,  &c.,  3  ;  holes  not  to  be 
dug  m  streets,  sidewalks,  &c.;  refuse,  &c.,  not  to  be  thrown  on  same  to  ob¬ 
struct  passage  way,  and  penalty ;  street  committee  not  prevented  from  re¬ 
pairing,  &c. ;  repair  and  introduction  of  water  pipes  not  prevented,  4 ;  porches 
and  steps  not  to  project  more  than  five-twelfths  of  width  of  sidewalks  p  43 
5;  broken  curbstones  and  pavements  to  be  repaired  on  six  days’ notice  6- 
penalty,  how  collected,  7.  See  page  40,  ordinance  to  regulate  repavin  ' 


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Excavations  in  sidewalks  to  be  refilled,  and  repaved  in  forty-eight  lionr*  n 
85,  $  1 ;  excavations  or  trenches  in  streets  not  to  be  over  two  hundred  feet 


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long  at  one  time  ;  same  to  be  filled  up  before  any  other  is  made ;  said  filling 
to  be  puddled  or  pounded,  and  done  in  forty-eight  hours;  barriers  to  be 
erected  to  prevent  persons  or  cattle  falling  therein,  and  if  left  open  at  night 
to  place  lights,  p.  85,  2  ;  if  the  refilling,  &c.,  is  not  skilfully  done,  street  com¬ 
mittee  to  have  it  done,  3;  regulations  concerning  stop-cocks,  p.  86,  4;  the 
marshal  to  make  complaints  for  violations,  and  see  fines  collected,  5 ;  street 
committee  may  extend  time  for  completion  of  work,  6. 

Dedicated,  accepted. — To  widen  Front  street,  land  on  the  south  side,  from 
Montgomery  to  Stockton  street,  p.  50;  Carroll,  Ewing,  Elizabeth,  Ogden, 
Southard,  Cross,  Monmouth,  Tucker,  Ringgold,  Barnes,  Commerce  streets,  p. 
51_2-3  ;  a  continuation  of  Clinton  street  or  Millham  road  from  East  State  to 
the  centre  of  creek,  p.  53. 

Carroll  street  continued  north  to  Perry  street,  p.  53. 

Vacated,  and  condition. — Road  leading  to  Rutherford’s  ferry,  p.  44  ;  West 
Canal  street,  from  State  to  Front  street,  p.  45;  same  street  from  Front 
street  to  the  creek,  p.  46;  part  of  same  street,  from  Academy  to  Perry,  not 
to  take  effect,  unless  a  basin  for  boats  is  constructed  within  one  year,  (time  ex¬ 
tended  to  three  years,  p.  47,)  p.  46,  §  1 ;  owners  of  basin  to  keep  a  navigable 
slip  to  connect  with  canal  open  for  ever ;  right  to  open  slip  to  exist  only  while 
pivot  bridge  is  maintained  over  it,  p.  47,  2 ;  posts  and  railing  to  be  kept  up  on 
east  side  of  basin,  3;  part  of  same  street  between  Commerce  street  and  Tren¬ 
ton  basin,  p.  48. 

Pavements  widened.— Pavement  north  side  of  East  State,  from  Montgomery 
to  Presbyterian  church,  to  be  widened,  p.  40;  south  side  of  State,  from  Mont¬ 
gomery  street  to  the  canal,  and  penalty  for  neglect,  p.  44,  2;  east  side  of  Wai- 
ren,  from  State  to  Perry,  and  west  side  from  State  to  Union,  and  the  materials 
to  be  used,  p.  49,  $  1,  2. 

Paving  and  curbing  sidewalks. — Pavements  on  west  side  of  Greene  street, 
between  State  and  Front,  to  be  widened,  p.  48,  §  1 ;  gutters  in  front  of  same 
to  be  relaid,  in  what  manner  and  at  whose  expense,  2 ;  cartways,  how  to  be 
paved,  3;  work  to  be  done  under  superintendence  of  street  committee,  pen¬ 
alty  for  neglect,  4. 

By  ordinance ,  passed  April  7,  1851,  sidewalks  are  to  be  curbed,  paved,  &c., 
on  either  side  of  Warren  street,  from  its  head  to  sixty-eight  feet  north  of  mid¬ 
dle  of  creek  bridge;  either  side  of  Greene,  from  its  head  to  wooden  floor  ot 
creek  bridge;  either  side  of  Montgomery,  from  Perry  to  wooden  floor  of 
creek  bridge;  west  side  of  Stockton,  between  Academy  and  State;  west  side 
of  Willow,  between  Pennington  road  and  Spring  street ;  east  side  of  Willow, 
between  Tucker  street  and  the  feeder;  north  side  of  Washington,  between 
Warren  and  Lodge  alley;  north  side  of  Front,  between  Stockton  and  Mont¬ 
gomery;  either  side  of  Front,  between  Montgomery  and  Willow  ;  either  side 
of  State,  between  the  canal  and  Calhoun’s  lane;  either  side  of  Hanover,  between 
Stockton  and  Warren;  either  side  of  Academy  street,  between  Stockton  and 
Greene;  either  side  of  Perry,  between  Stockton  and  Warren;  south  side  of 
Spring  street,  between  Willow  and  West  line  of  Claflin’s  lot;  north  side  of 
Spring,  between  Willow  street  and  west  line  of  Murphy’s  lot;  either  side  of 
Pennington  road,  between  Warren  street  and  Calhoun’s  lane,  p.  55,  §  1. 

Street  committee  to  superintend  the  work,  p.  55,  2 ;  sidewalks  to  be  raised 
or  lowered  as  required  by  grades  ol  city  surveyor;  not  to  have  pitch  more 
than  one  inch  or  less  than  three-quarters  inch;  surveyor  to  set  grade  stakes, 


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and  fees,  3  ;  curbstones  to  be  smooth  dressed ;  set  so  that  to  outside  is  one-fifth 
of  whole  width  ot  street;  distances  may  be  changed,  and  how ;  dimensions 
of  curbs ;  cartways  may  be  paved  with  boulders ;  when  present  curbstones 
to  be  removed,  p.  56,  4;  bricks  or  flagstones  to  be  used  for  paving;  where  no 
dwelling,  pavement  need  be  only  six  feet  wide ;  cartways  crossing  pavement, 
how  paved,  5;  when  pavement  worn  out,  &c.,  to  be  repaved  on  notice  by 
street  committee;  what  sufficient  service  of  notice,  6;  penalty  for  not  curb¬ 
ing  in  sixty  days,  p.  57,  7 ;  penalty  for  not  repaving,  8. 

By  ordinance,  passed  September  1,  1851,  sidewalks  are  to  be  curbed,  paved, 
&c.,  on  either  side  ot  Broad,  between  creek  bridge  and  Ferry  street;  either 
side  of  Bloomsbury  street,  between  the  creek  bridge  and  Ferry,  (see  page 
77);  either  side  of  Union,  between  Ferry  and  Market  street;  either  side  of 
Decatur,  between  Market  and  Bridge,  (see  page  72);  either  side  of  Fall,  be¬ 
tween  Union  and  Bloomsbury;  either  side  of  Lamberton,  from  Bloomsbury  to 
Market ;  either  side  of  Bridge,  from  Bloomsbury  to  Centre ;  either  side  of 
Willow,  between  Front  street  and  the  feeder,  p.  58. 

The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  the  same  as  of  the  former  one,  except 
that  the  pitch  ot  the  pavement  is  not  to  be  more  than  one,  nor  less  than  a 
quarter  of  an  inch,  and  the  work  to  be  done  in  thirty  days,  p.  58,  GO. 

By  ordinance,  passed  March  20,  1853,  either  side  of  Centre  or  Second  street, 
in  Third  ward,  from  Broad  to  Federal;  either  side  of  Market,  from  Blooms¬ 
bury  street  to  creek  bridge;  north  side  of  Union,  from  Warren  to  Willow, 
pitch  to  be  from  one,  to  a  quarter  of  an  inch,  p.  61 ;  work  to  be  done  in  sixty 
days,  p.  62.  Other  provisions  in  this  and  subsequent  ordinances  the  same  as 
hi  previous  ordinances,  except  where  noted. 

By  ordinance,  passed  May  2,  1853,  either  side  of  Warren  street,  from  a  line 
sixty-eight  feet  north  of  the  centre  ot  the  arch  ot  the  bridge,  to  a  line  ninety 
feet  south  of  said  arch,  p.  63.  No  penalty  for  not  repaving. 

By  ordinance,  passed  June  6,  1853,  the  north  side  of  Livingston  street,  from 
Broad  to  the  creek,  p.  65. 

By  ordinance,  passed  May  8,  1854,  the  south  side  of  Union,  from  Warren  to 
Willow;  either  side  of  Union,  in  Fourth  ward,  from  Ferry  to  Federal;  south 
side  of  Quarry,  from  Willow  to  feeder  bridge ;  north  side  of  Quarry,  from 
Willow  street  to  east  line  of  Moore’s  mill  lot,  (thence  to  feeder,  to  be  curbed 
and  gravelled  only,)  p.  67 ;  pitch  to  be  from  one,  to  half  an  inch;  work  to  be 
completed  in  sixty  days,  p.  68,  69. 

By  ordinance,  passed  July  19,  1854,  either  side  of  Clinton,  from  Monmouth 
to  State  ;  either  side  of  Jackson  and  Mercer,  from  Market  to  Livingston;  either 
side  of  New  Brunswick  turnpike,  from  Greene  to  Rose;  either  side  of  Ferry, 
from  Warren  to  water  power  bridge;  either  side  of  Perry,  from  Stockton  to 
Clinton  street;  east  side  of  Willow,  from  Tucker  to  Pennington  road;  either 
side  of  Mill,  from  Market  to  Fair;  either  side  of  Montgomery,  from  Perry  to 
feeder  bridge;  east  side  of  Stockton,  from  State  to  Hanover;  west  side  of 
Stockton,  .from  State  to  Front;  either  side  of  Falls,  from  Warren  to  Fair; 
either  side  of  East  State,  from  Canal  to  Clinton  ;  either  side  of  Princeton  turn¬ 
pike,  from  Warren  to  Presbyterian  school  house;  south  side  of  State,  from 
Calhoun’s  lane  to  waste  weir  bridge,  p.  70 ;  pitch  to  be  from  one,  to  a  quarter 
inch ;  work  to  be  completed  in  sixty  days,  3,  7. 

By  ordinance  of  September  7,  1854,  Delaware  alley,  in  Fourth  ward,  p.  73. 
No  penalty  for  not  repaving. 


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INDEX. 


By  ordinance  of  November  13,  1854,  west  side  of  Stockton,  from  Academy 
to  Perry;  south  side  of  Front,  from  Montgomery  to  Stockton;  south  side  of 
Livingston,  from*  Mercer  to  Broad,  p.  75;  pitch  from  one,  to  quarter  inch; 
work  to  be  completed  in  sixty  days,  3,  7. 

By  ordinance  of  October  1,  1855,  either  side  of  Warren,  from  creek  bridge 
to  Ferry  street,  p.  77 ;  pitch  from  one,  to  half  inch;  work  to  be  done  in  sixty 
days,  3,  7. 

By  ordinance  of  April  29,  1856,  either  side  of  Jackson  and  Mercer,  from 
Market  to  Philadelphia  and  Trenton  railroad,  p.  80;  pitch  to  be  from  one,  to 
half  inch;  work  to  be  completed  in  sixty  days,  3,  7. 

Delaware  street,  by  ordinance  March  6,  1854,  either  side,  from  State  to 
water  power,  to  b'e  curbed ;  pavement  to  be  ten  feet  wide,  of  brick;  cartways, 
how  paved;  street  committee  to  mark  the  grade,  p.  67. 

General  ordinance,  passed  July  22,  1856. — Sidewalks  to  be  paved,  curbed, 
&c.,  as  directed  by  this  ordinance,  p.  142,  §  1 ;  to  be  raised  or  lowered  to  suit 
grades  fixed  by  present  surveyor  ;  pitch  of  pavement,  from  one,  to  a  quarter 
of  an  inch ;  surveyor  to  set  grade  stakes,  fees,  two  cents  a  foot,  paid  by  owner, 
2;  curbstones  to  be  smooth  dressed;  how  set;  distances  may  be  changed  by 
street  committee  and  surveyor;  dimensions  of  curbstones ;  cartways  may  be 
paved  with  boulders;  when  present  curbstones  'to  be  removed,  p.  143,  3; 
brick  or  flagstones  to  be  used  for  paving;  where  no  dwelling  house,  pavement 
need  be  only  six  feet  wide;  cartways  crossing  pavement,  how  paved,  p.  144, 
4;  worn  out  pavements  to  be  repaved  on  notice  of  committee;  what  sufficient 
notice,  p.  144,  5;  penalty  for  not  repaving,  5,  6;  street  committee  to  report 
delinquencies  to  council,  7. 

By  ordinance,  passed  July  22,  1856,  sidewalks  on  either  side  of  Lamberton 
street,  from  Philadelphia  and  Trenton  railroad  to  Federal  street;  either  side 
of  Centre,  from  Federal  street  to  the  southerly  end  of  Centre;  either  side  of 
Ferry  street,  from  Broad  to  water  power;  either  side  of  Bridge,  from  Centre 
to  Broad;  either  side  of  Tucker,  from  Willow  to  Warren;  either  side  of  Rose, 
from  New  Brunswick  turnpike  to  feeder;  the  south  side  of  Factory,  from 
Broad  to  Lamberton;  the  southwesterly  side  of  Broad,  from  Ferry  to  canal; 
materials  and  work  to  be  as  prescribed  in  general  ordinance  (p.  140),  p.  145, 
§  1 ;  northeasterly  side  of  Broad,  from  Ferry  to  canal,  to  be  curbed  and  gra¬ 
velled  only,  2;  pavement  on  east  side  of  Centre,  from  Market  street,  in  Sixth 
ward,  to  White  horse  road,  may  be  fourteen  and  a  half  feet  wide,  3 ;  street 
committee  to  superintend  the  work,  4;  penalty  for  noncompliance  of  owners 
of  lots  in  thirty  days,  5. 

Lots  exempted  from  paving . — The  wharf  lot  at  intersection  of  Willow  street 
and  canal  feeder  exempted  from  ordinance  to  curb,  pave,  &c.,  passed  Septem¬ 
ber  1,  1851,  on  condition  that  sidewalks  be  paved  like  cartways;  flagstones  to 
be  laid,  and  size,  p.  60 ;  council  may  repeal  when  lot  not  used  as  wharf,  2. 

Foundry  lot  on  east  side  of  Decatur  street  exempt  from  ordinance  passed 
September  1,  1851;  owner  to  pave  in  sixty  days  like  cartways,  p.  72. 

Vault. — H.  B.  Chumar  authorized  to  construct  vault  under  street  at  No.  12 
East  State  street,  p.  83 ;  depth  at  his  option;  east  and  west  walls  not  to  ex¬ 
tend  beyond  his  house ;  not  to  extend  more  than  eight  feet  outside  of  curb¬ 
ing  ;  arch  and  walls  to  be  satisfactory  to  street  committee ;  street  over  vault  to 
be  restored  by  party  to  its  original  condition;  to  be  constructed  under  direc- 


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tion  of  street  committee  ;  when  declared  dangerous  by  council  to  be  removed, 
7 ;  not  to  interfere  with  water  or  gas  pipes  without  consent,  p.  84,  8. 

SWINE,  GOATS,  &c. — Swine,  goats,  or  sheep  not  to  fun  at  large  or  trespass, 
aud  penalty,  p.  131,  $  1;  pound  keeper  to  be  appointed,  p.  132,  2;  pound  to 
be  provided,  and  animals  how  disposed  of,  3;  proceedings  in  case  owner  does 
not  appear ;  excess  of  sale,  when  to  be  paid  owner,  4 ;  penalty  on  pound  keeper 
for  neglect,  5;  penalty  for  obstructing  pound  keeper  or  breaking  pound,  6. 

Penalty  for  suffering  swine,  &c.,  to  run  at  large  reduced  to  one  dollar,  p.  133. 

TAVERNS.  Licenses  to  be  delivered  to  treasurer,  p.  135;  to  be  by  him  de¬ 
livered  upon  payment  of  assessment,  2. 

TREASURER. — Salary;  stationery- allowed,  p.  140;  to  give  bond  for  $15,000. 

TREES,  SHADE.  Twenty-first  section  of  ordinance  concerning  streets,  &c., 
passed  March  7,  1842,  repealed,  p.  117,  §  1;  proceeding^  in  case  tree  deemed 
a  nuisance,  2;  penalty  for  destroying  or  injuring  trees,  3;  duty  of  officers  to 
prevent  tying  of  horses  to  trees,  &c.,  4. 

WATER  WORKS.— See  Loans,  p.  127. 


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